-
〈…〉
anothe
〈…〉
do
it
after
in
the
same
bedde
.
〈…〉
-
¶
Of
〈…〉
his
shoes
to
cloute
.
fo.
eodem
.
-
¶
Of
〈…〉
womans
tonge
was
lightest
mete
of
dygession
.
fo.
iii.
-
¶
Of
the
woman
th●●●●lowed
her
fourth
husbandes
herce
&
wepte
.
fo.
eod●
.
-
¶
Of
the
woman
that
●●y●
her
woer
came
to
late
.
fo.
eodem
.
-
¶
Of
the
mylner
with
the
golden
thombe
.
fo.
eodem
.
-
¶
Of
the
horseman
of
Irelande
that
prayde
a
Oconer
for
to
hange
vp
by
the
frere
.
〈…〉
fo.
eodem
.
-
¶
Of
the
preest
that
sayd
nother
corpus
meus
nor
●●rpum
meum
fo.
eodem
.
-
¶
Of
two
freres
where
of
the
one
loued
nat
the
ele
heed
,
nor
the
other
the
tayle
.
〈…〉
fo.
iiii
.
-
¶
Of
the
welche
man
that
shroue
hym
for
brekynge
of
hys
faste
on
the
fryday
.
〈…〉
fo.
eodem
.
-
¶
Of
the
merchaunte
of
London
that
dyd
put
nobles
in
his
mouthe
in
hys
●ethe
bedde
.
fo.
eodem
.
-
¶
Of
the
mylner
the
stale
the
nuttes
of
the
tayler
that
stale
a
shepe
.
fo.
eodem
.
-
¶
Of
the
foure
elementes
where
they
shulde
sone
be
founde
.
fo.
v.
-
¶
Of
the
woman
that
poured
the
potage
in
the
iudges
male
fo.
vi
.
-
¶
Of
the
wedded
men
that
came
to
heuen
to
clayme
theyr
herytage
.
fo.
eode
.
-
¶
Of
the
merchaunte
that
charged
hys
sonne
to
fynde
one
to
synge
for
hys
soule
.
〈…〉
fo.
eodem
.
-
¶
Of
the
mayde
wasshynge
clothes
and
answered
the
frere
fo.
eodem
.
-
¶
Of
the
thre
wyse
men
of
Gotam
.
fo.
eodem
.
-
¶
Of
the
graye
frere
that
answered
his
penytente
.
fo.
vii
.
-
¶
Of
the
gentylman
that
bare
the
sege
borde
on
hys
necke
.
fo.
eodem
.
-
¶
Of
the
m●●chantes
wyse
the
sayd
she
wolde
take
a
nap
at
sermon
.
fo.
eode
.
-
¶
Of
the
woman
that
said
&
she
lyued
another
yere
she
wolde
haue
a
cockoldes
hatte
of
her
owne
.
●o
.
viii
.
-
¶
Of
the
gentlyman
the
wysshed
his
to
the
in
the
gentylwomans
tayle
.
fo.
eode
.
-
¶
Of
the
welcheman
that
confessed
hym
〈…〉
had
slayne
a
frere
.
fo.
eode
.
-
¶
Of
the
we
〈…〉
that
coude
nat
gette
but
a
lytell
male
.
fo.
eodem
.
-
¶
Of
the
gentyll
woman
that
sayde
to
a
gentyll
man
ye
haue
a
berde
aboue
and
none
benethe
.
fo.
eodem
.
-
Of
the
frere
that
sayde
our
lorde
fed
fyue
.
M.
people
with
.
iii.
fysshys
.
fo.
viii
.
-
Of
the
frankelyn
that
wold●
haue
had
the
frere
gone
.
fo
ix
.
-
Of
the
prest
that
sayd
our
lady
was
not
so
curyous
a
woman
fo.
ix
.
-
Of
the
good
man
that
sayde
to
his
wyfe
he
had
euyll
fare
fo.
ix
.
-
Of
the
frere
that
bad
his
chylde
make
a
laten
.
fo.
ix
.
-
Of
the
gentylman
that
asked
the
frere
for
his
beuer
fo.
ix
.
-
Of
the
.iii.
men
that
chase
the
woman
.
fo.
ix
.
-
Of
the
gentylman
that
taught
his
cooke
the
we
〈…〉
for
〈…〉
fo.
ix
.
-
Of
the
gentylman
that
p●mysed
the
scoler
of
oxforde●
〈…〉
typet
fo.
x.
-
Of
mayster
skelton
that
brought
the
bysshop
of
Nor●●●
.
ii
.
〈…〉
-
Of
the
yeman
of
garde
that
sayd
he
wolde
bete
the
carter
.
fo.
xi
.
-
Of
the
plowmannys
sonne
that
sayde
he
sawe
one
make
●
gos●
to
〈…〉
tely
/
〈…〉
.
-
Of
the
maydes
answere
that
was
with
chylde
〈…〉
-
Of
the
seruaunt
that
rymyd
with
hys
mayster
〈…〉
-
Of
the
welcheman
that
delyuered
the
letter
to
the
ape
fo.
xii
.
-
Of
hym
that
solde
ryght
nought
fo.
xii
-
Of
the
frere
that
tolde
the
thre
chyldres
fortunes
fo.
xi
-
Of
the
boy
that
bare
the
frere
his
masters
money
fo.
xiii
-
Of
Phylyp
spencer
the
bochers
man
fo
●iii
-
Of
the
courtear
and
the
carter
fo.
xiii
-
Of
the
yongman
that
prayd
his
felow
to
teche
hym
his
pater
noster
fo.
xiii
.
-
Of
the
frere
that
prechyd
in
ryme
expownynge
the
aue
maria
fo.
xiii
.
-
Of
the
curat
that
prechyd
the
artycles
of
the
Crede
fo.
xiiii
.
-
Of
the
frere
that
preched
the
.x.
commaundementis
fo.
xiiii
.
-
Of
the
wyfe
that
bad
her
husbande
e●e
the
candell
fyrste
fo.
xiiii
.
-
Of
the
man
of
lawes
sonnes
answer
fo.
xiiii
.
-
Of
the
frere
in
the
pulpet
that
bad
the
woman
leue
her
babelynge
fo.
xiiii
.
-
Of
the
welchman
that
cast
the
scotte
into
the
see
fo.
xv
.
-
Of
the
man
that
had
the
dome
wyfe
.
fo.
xv
.
-
Of
the
proctour
of
arches
that
had
the
lytell
wyfe
fo.
xv
.
-
Of
.ii.
nonnes
that
were
shryuen
of
one
preste
fo.
xv
.
-
Of
the
esquyer
that
shold
haue
ben
made
knyght
fo.
xvi
.
-
Of
the
penytent
that
sayd
the
shepe
of
god
haue
mercy
vpon
me
fo.
xvi
.
-
Of
the
husbande
that
sayde
he
was
Iohn
daw
fo.
xvi
.
-
Of
the
scoler
of
oxforde
that
prouyd
by
souestry
.
ii
.
chykens
.
iii.
fo.
xvi
.
-
Of
the
frere
that
stale
the
podynge
fo.
xvii
.
-
Of
the
frankelyns
some
that
cam●
to
take
ordres
fo.
xvii
.
-
Of
the
husband
man
that
lodgyd
the
frere
in
his
owne
bed
fo.
xvii
.
-
Of
the
●●ste
that
wolde
say
〈…〉
gospel
for
a
grote
〈…〉
.
-
Of
the
courtear
that
dy●
cast
the
frere
ouer
the
bote
fo.
●●●
.
-
Of
the
frere
that
prechyd
what
mennys
sowles
were
fo.
xvii
.
-
Of
the
husband
that
cryed
ble
wnder
the
bed
fo.
xviii
.
-
Of
the
shomaker
that
asked
the
colyer
what
tydynges
in
hell
fo.
xviii
.
-
Of
seynt
peter
that
cryed
cause
bobe
fo.
xviii
.
-
Of
hym
that
aduenturyd
body
and
soule
for
hys
prynce
fo.
xviii
.
-
Of
the
parson
that
stale
the
mylners
elys
fo.
xviii
.
-
Of
the
welch
〈◊〉
that
saw
one
.
xl.s.
better
than
god
fo.
xviii
.
-
Of
the
frere
t●●
sayd
oy●●ge
for
the
hoggys
soule
fo.
xviii
.
-
Of
the
parsone
〈◊〉
sayde
masse
of
requtem
for
〈…〉
ule
fo.
xix
.
-
Of
〈…〉
sayde
ryde
apace
y
〈◊〉
haue
rayne
fo.
xix
.
-
Of
〈…〉
shall
haue
neuer
a
peny
/
fo.
xix
.
-
Of
〈…〉
sayde
hys
wyfe
and
he
agreed
well
.
fo.
xx
.
-
Of
the
〈…〉
layde
Comede
episcope
.
fo.
xx
.
-
Of
the
〈◊〉
that
stale
the
pot
fo.
xx
.
-
Of
mayster
whytyntons
dreme
/
fo.
xx
.
-
Of
the
prest
that
kylled
his
horse
called
modicum
.
fo.
xx
.
-
Of
the
welchman
that
stale
the
englysshmans
cocke
.
fo.
xx
.
-
Of
hym
that
brought
a
botell
to
a
preste
.
fo.
xx
.
-
Of
the
endytement
of
Iesu
of
Nazareth
.
fo.
xx
.
-
Of
the
frere
that
prechyd
agaynst
them
that
rode
on
the
sondaye
/
fo.
xxi
.
-
Of
the
one
broder
that
founde
a
purs
.
fo.
xxi
.
-
Of
the
answere
of
the
mastres
to
the
mayde
.
fo.
xxi
.
-
Of
the
northern
man
that
was
all
harte
/
fo.
xxi
.
-
Of
the
burnynge
of
olde
Iohn
.
fo.
xxii
.
-
Of
the
courtyer
that
ete
the
hote
rustarde
/
fo.
xxii
.
-
Of
the
thre
poyntes
belongynge
to
a
shrewd
wyfe
/
fo.
xxii
.
-
Of
the
man
that
paynted
the
lambe
vppon
his
wyfes
bely
.
fo.
xxii
.
A
Certayne
Curate
in
the
contrey
there
was
that
〈…〉
in
the
pulpet
of
the
ten
commaundementys
/
Saye
〈…〉
there
were
ten
commaundementes
the
cuety
man
〈…〉
kepe
/
and
he
that
brake
any
of
them
commytt●●
〈…〉
syn
how
be
it
he
sayd
that
somtyme
it
was
〈…〉
somtyme
venyal
/
But
when
it
was
dede
〈…〉
venyall
there
were
many
doutes
therin
.
〈…〉
a
yongman
a
mad
felow
that
cam
seldom
to
chyrch
/
and
ha
〈…〉
sermons
or
none
in
all
his
lyfe
answered
hym
than
shorcely
〈…〉
uayl
master
person
that
ye
say
there
be
so
many
cōmaundemente●
〈…〉
●●ny
doutes
/
for
I
neuer
hard
tell
but
of
two
cōmaundementes̄
that
〈…〉
commaunde
me
to
you
&
commaunde
me
fro
you
Nor
I
neuer
harde
tell
〈…〉
doutes
but
twayn
that
ys
to
say
dout
the
candell
and
dout
the
fyre
A
〈…〉
answere
all
the
people
fell
a
laughynge
/
¶
By
this
tale
a
man
may
well
perceyue
that
they
that
be
brought
vp
〈…〉
oute
letuynge
or
good
maner
shall
neuer
be
but
rude
and
bestely
all
th●●
〈…〉
they
haue
good
naturall
wyttes
.
A
wyfe
there
was
which
had
apoynted
her
prentys
to
com
to
h●
〈…〉
in
the
nyght
which
seruaunt
had
longe
woed
her
to
haue
his
p●●
〈…〉
which
acordyng
to
the
ap●yntement
cam
to
her
bed
syde
in
the
〈…〉
her
husbande
lyenge
by
her
&
whan
she
perceyuyd
hym
there
she
caug●
〈…〉
by
the
hande
and
helde
hym
fast
&
incontynent
wakened
her
husband
〈…〉
Syr
it
is
so
ye
haue
afals
and
an
vntrue
seruant
which
is
wylliam
yo●●
〈…〉
●●tys
and
hath
longe
woyd
me
to
haue
his
pleasure
and
because
I
coul●
〈…〉
auoyde
his
inportunate
request
I
haue
apoynted
hym
this
nyght
to
in
〈…〉
in
the
gardeyne
in
the
herber
and
yf
ye
wyll
aray
your selfe
in
myn
ar●
〈…〉
go
theder
ye
shall
se
the
profe
therof
and
than
ye
may
rebuke
hym
as
ye
〈…〉
best
by
your
dyscrecyon
/
this
husbande
thus
aduertysed
by
hys
wyfe
p●●●
〈…〉
hym
his
wyues
rayment
&
went
to
the
herber
and
whan
he
was
gone
th●●
〈…〉
prentys
can
in
to
bed
to
his
mastres
wherefor
a
season
they
were
bothe
c●●
〈…〉
&
pelsyd
ech
other
by
the
space
of
an
hour
or
.ii.
but
whan
she
thoughte
ty●●
〈…〉
tientēt
she
sayd
to
the
prentyse
Now
go
thy
way
into
the
herber
&
mete
hy
〈…〉
tak
a
good
waster
in
thy
hand
&
say
thou
dyd
it
but
to
proue
whether
I
〈…〉
a
good
woman
or
no
&
reward
him
as
thou
thinkyst
best
This
prentys
doy●
〈…〉
his
mastres
councell
went
in
to
the
he●ber
where
〈◊〉
his
master
in
hi●
〈…〉
appell
&
sayd
.
A
thou
harlot
art
thou
comen
hether
now
I
se
well
if
〈…〉
fals
to
my
mast
thou
woldest
be
a
strong
hore
but
I
had
leuer
thou
〈…〉
than
I
wold
do
him
so
trayterous
a
ded
therfor
I
shall
gyue
the
so●●
.
〈…〉
andes
for
I
am
thy
mayster
and
not
thy
maystres
/
nay
hore
quod
〈…〉
thou
art
but
an
harlot
&
I
dyd
but
to
proue
the
&
smote
him
agayn
〈…〉
quod
the
mayster
I
besech
the
no
more
for
I
am
not
she
for
I
am
thy
〈…〉
or
I
haue
a
berde
/
&
ther
with
he
sparyd
hys
hand
&
felt
hys
berd
〈…〉
the
prentyse
I
crye
you
mercy
/
&
then
the
mayster
went
vn●o
hys
wyfe
&
●●e
askyd
hym
how
he
had
sped
and
he
answeryd
I
I wys
wyfe
I
haue
ben
shrew●ly
betyn
how
be
it
I
haue
cause
to
be
glad
for
I
thank
god
I
〈…〉
trew
a
wyfe
and
as
trew
a
seruant
as
any
man
hath
in
englonde
〈…〉
By
th●●
tale
ye
may
se
that
yt
ys
not
wysdome
for
a
man
to
be
rulyd
●●lwa●●
cethys
wyuys
councell
〈◊〉
fortunyd
that
in
a
market
towne
in
the
counte
of
Suffolke
there
was
a
stage
play
in
the
which
play
one
callyd
Iohn
adroyns
which
〈◊〉
dwellyd
in
a nother
vyllage
.ii.
myle
from
thens
playde
the
dyuyll
And
when
the
play
was
done
thys
Iohn
adroyns
in
the
euynyng
departyd
fro
the
sayde
market
towne
to
go
home
to
hys
own
house
and
because
he
hao
there
no
change
of
clothyng
he
went
forth
in
hys
dyuylls
aprell
whych
in
the
way
comyng
home
ward
cam
thorow
a
waren
of
conys
be
logyng
to
a
gentylman
of
the
vyllage
wher
he
him self
dwelt
At
whych
tyme
it
fortunyd
a
preste
a
vycar
of
a
churche
therby
with
.ii.
or
.iii.
other
vnthryfty
felows
had
brought
with
than
a
hors
a
hey
&
●
feret
to
th
entent
there
to
get
conys
&
when
the
feret
was
in
the
yerth
and
the
hey
set
ouer
the
path
way
where
thys
Iohn
a●●oyns
shuld
come
thys
prest
&
hys
other
felows
saw
hym
come
in
the
dyuyls
rayment
consideryng
that
they
were
in
the
dyuyls
seruyce
&
stelyng
of
conys
&
supposyng
it
had
ben
the
deuyll
in
dede
for
fere
ran
away
Thys
Iohn
adroyns
in
the
dyuyls
rayment
and
because
it
was
somwhat
dark
saw
not
the
hay
but
went
forth
in
hast
〈…〉
lid
therat
&
fell
doun
that
with
the
fal
he
had
almost
broken
his
nek
But
when
he
was
a
lytyll
reuyuyd
he
lokyd
vp
&
spyed
it
was
a
hay
to
catch
conys
&
lokyd
further
&
saw
that
they
ran
away
for
fere
of
him
/
&
saw
a
horse
tyed
to
a
bush
laden
wyth
conys
whych
they
had
taken
&
he
toke
the
horse
&
the
haye
and
lept
vpon
the
horse
&
rode
to
the
gentylmannys
place
that
was
lorde
of
the
waren
to
the
entente
to
haue
thank
for
takynge
suche
a
pr●y
And
whan
he
came
/
knokyd
at
the
gatys
To
whome
anone
one
of
the
gentylmannys
seruauntys
askyd
who
was
there
/
and
sodeinly
openyd
the
gate
and
assone
as
he
perceyuyd
hym
in
the
deuyls
rayment
was
sodenly
abashyd
and
sparryd
the
dore
agayn
/
and
went
in
to
hys
mayster
/
and
sayd
and
sware
to
hys
mayster
that
the
dyuell
was
at
the
gate
/
and
wolde
come
in
The
gentylman
heryng
hym
say
so
callyd
another
of
hys
seruauntys
and
had
hym
go
to
the
gate
to
knowe
who
was
there
/
Thys
seconde
seruant
came
to
the
gate
durst
not
open
it
/
but
askyd
wyth
lowd
voyce
who
was
there
thys
Iohn
Adroyns
in
the
dyuyls
apar●●
〈◊〉
swered
wyth
a
hye
voyce
and
sayd
Tell
thy
mayster
I
must
nedys
speke
wyth
hym
or
I
go
Thys
second
seruaunt
heryng
〈…〉
the
deuyll
in
dede
that
is
at
the
gate
ly●tynge
upon
〈…〉
soules
,
and
be
lykelyho●●
he
income
for
your
soule
pur●
〈…〉
your
soule
/
and
if
he
had
yoar
soule
I
wene
he
shulde
〈…〉
man
than
meruaylously
abasshed
,
called
his
ch●●layne
〈…〉
dell
be
●ight
and
gette
holy
water
&
wente
to
th●
gate
〈…〉
uantes
as
durste
go
with
him
/
where
the
chaplayne
wit
〈…〉
iuracyon
sayd
.
In
the
name
of
the
father
,
sonne
,
and
ho
〈…〉
and
charge
the
in
the
holy
name
of
god
,
to
tell
me
〈…〉
comeste
hyther
.
¶
This
Iohn
Adroynes
in
the
deny
〈…〉
them
begynne
to
coniure
,
after
suche
maner
sayd
.
Nay
〈…〉
me
for
I
am
a
good
deuyll
,
I
am
Iohn
Adroynes
your
〈…〉
in
this
towne
,
the
that
playde
the
deuyll
to
day
in
the
playe
〈…〉
my
mayster
a
dosen
or
two
of
his
owne
conyes
that
were
stolen
in
〈…〉
and
theyr
horse
and
theyr
haye
,
and
made
them
for
feare
to
ronne
〈…〉
whanne
they
harde
hym
thus
speke
,
by
his
voyce
knewe
hym
we
〈…〉
and
opened
the
gate
&
lette
hym
come
in
.
And
so
all
the
forsayd
fe
〈…〉
was
turned
to
myrthe
and
disporte
.
¶
By
this
tale
ye
may
se
that
men
feare
many
tymes
more
than
they
nede
,
whiche
hathe
caused
men
to
beleue
that
sperytes
and
deuyls
ha●e
ben
sene
in
dyuers
places
,
whan
it
hathe
ben
nothynge
so
.
THere
was
a
ryche
man
whiche
lay
fore
sycke
in
his
bedde
to
fore
his
eldest
sonne
came
to
hym
and
beseched
hym
do
gyu
blessyng
,
to
whome
the
father
sayde
/
sonne
thou
shalte
ha●●
blessyng
&
myne
,
&
because
thou
hast
ben
euer
good
of
condicyons
I
〈◊〉
quethe
the
all
my
lande
,
to
whome
he
answered
&
sayd
,
nay
father
I
tri●●
lyue
&
occupy
them
your selfe
full
well
by
goddes
grace
.
Sone
after
ca●●
sonne
to
him
lyke
wyse
&
desyred
his
blessyng
,
to
whome
the
father
sa●●
thou
hast
be
euer
kynde
&
gentyll
I
gyue
that
goddes
blessyng
&
myne
.
I
bequethe
the
all
my
mouable
goodes
,
to
whome
he
answered
and
〈◊〉
father
I
trust
you
shall
lyue
and
do
well
&
spende
&
vse
your
goodes
〈◊〉
〈…〉
en
may
wen
perceyue
that
yonge
people
that
〈…〉
theyr
frendes
counsell
in
youthe
in
tymes
〈…〉
●●ullende
.
〈…〉
of
a●●●
oyntaunce
were
apoynted
to
lye
with
a
gen●●
〈…〉
one
nyght
/
the
one
nat
knowynge
of
the
other
at
dy●●
〈…〉
¶
Thys
fyrste
at
hys
houre
apoynted
came
,
and
in
the
〈…〉
to
lese
a
rynge
.
The
seconde
gentylman
whanne
he
〈…〉
tuned
to
fynde
the
same
rynge
/
and
whan
he
hadde
〈…〉
parted
.
And
two
or
thre
dayes
after
the
fyrste
gentyl●●
〈…〉
age
on
the
others
fynger
and
chalenged
it
of
hym
/
and
he
〈…〉
and
badde
hym
tell
where
he
had
loste
it
:
and
he
sayd
in
suche
a
〈…〉
ans
bedde
.
Than
quod
the
other
and
there
founde
I
it
.
And
the
〈…〉
wolde
haue
it
,
and
the
other
said
he
shulde
nat
.
Than
they
agreed
〈…〉
by
the
n●xte
man
that
they
dyd
mete
.
And
it
fortuned
them
to
〈…〉
he
husbande
of
the
sayd
gentyll
woman
,
and
desyred
hym
of
hys
〈…〉
●ent
,
she
wynge
hym
all
the
hole
mater
.
Than
quod
he
by
my
iud●●
〈…〉
that
ought
the
shetes
shulde
haue
the
rynge
.
Than
quod
they
and
〈…〉
od
iudgement
you
shall
haue
the
rynge
.
〈…〉
Vniuersyte
of
Oxeforde
,
there
was
a
scoler
that
delyted
moche
〈…〉
peke
eloquente
englysshe
and
curyous
termes
/
and
came
to
the
〈…〉
er
with
hys
shoes
whyche
were
pyked
before
(
as
they
vsed
that
〈…〉
haue
them
clouted
,
and
sayde
this
wyse
.
Cobler
I
praye
the
sette
〈…〉
angyls
and
two
semy
cercles
vpon
my
subpedytales
,
and
I
shall
〈…〉
thy
laboure
.
The
cobeler
because
he
vnderstode
hym
nat
halfe
〈…〉
●ered
shortely
and
sayd
.
Syr
your
eloquence
passeth
myne
intelly●●
〈…〉
But
I
promyse
you
yf
he
meddyll
with
me
,
the
clowtynge
of
youre
〈…〉
ll
cost
you
thre
pens
.
By
this
tale
men
may
lerne
that
it
is
foly
to
study
to
speke
〈…〉
●uently
before
them
that
be
rude
and
vnlerned
.
A
Certayn
artificer
in
london
there
was
whyche
was
sore
〈…〉
coulde
not
well
dysgest
his
meat
to
whom
a
physicyon
〈…〉
hym
councell
&
sayd
that
he
must
vse
to
ete
metis
the
belig
〈…〉
gestyō
&
smal
byrdys
as
sparowes
swalowes
&
spe●yally
that
by
r
〈…〉
called
a
wagtayle
whose
flessh
is
meruelouse
lyght
of
dygestyon
〈…〉
byrd
is
euer
mouyng
&
styryng
The
sekeman
her●nge
the
phelicion
say
so
answered
hym
&
seyd
/
Syr
yf
that
be
the
cause
that
hose
byrdes
be
lyght
of
dygestyon
.
Than
I
know
a
mete
moch
lyghter
of
dygestyon
than
other
sparow
swallow
or
wagtaile
&
that
is
my
wyue●
to
〈◊〉
for
it
is
neuer
in
rest
but
euer
meuyng
and
sterryng
.
¶
By
this
tale
ye
may
lerne
a
good
generall
rule
of
physyke
.
A
woman
there
was
which
had
had
.iiii.
husb●ndys
It
fourtuned
al
so
that
this
fourth
husbande
dyed
&
was
brought
to
●●yrche
vpon
the
bere
/
whom
this
woman
folowed
&
made
great
mone
&
waxed
very
sory
in
so
moche
that
her
neyghbours
thought
she
wolde
swown
&
dye
for
sorow
/
wherfore
one
of
her
gosseps
cam
to
her
&
spake
to
her
in
her
ere
&
bad
her
for
godds
sake
confort
her self
&
refrayne
that
lamentatōn
or
ellys
it
wold
hurt
her
and
perauenture
put
her
in
ieopardy
of
herlife
To
whom
this
woman
answeryd
and
sayd
I
I wys
good
gosyp
I
haue
great●ause
to
morne
if
ye
knew
all
for
I
haue
beryed
.iii.
husbandes
bysyde
this
man
but
I
was
neuer
in
the
case
that
I
am
now
/
for
there
was
not
one
of
them
but
when
the
I
folowid
the
corse
to
chyrch
yet
I
was
sure
of
an nother
husband
before
the
corse
cam
out
of
my
house
&
now
I
am
sure
of
no
nother
husband
&
therfore
ye
may
be
sure
I
haue
great
cause
to
be
sad
&
heuy
.
A
¶
By
thys
tale
ye
may
se
that
the
olde
prouerbe
ys
trew
that
it
is
as
great
pyte
to
se
a
woman
wepe
as
a
gose
to
go
barefote
.
Nother
woman
there
was
that
knelyo
at
the
mas
of
requiem
whyle
the
corse
of
her
husbande
lay
on
the
bere
in
the
chyrche
.
To
whome
a
yongeman
cam
&
spake
wyth
her
in
her
ere
as
thoughe
it
had
ben
for
som
mater
concernyng
the
funerallys
/
howe
be
it
he
spake
of
on
suche
matter
but
onely
wowyd
her
the
he
myght
be
her
husbande
/
to
whom
she
answered
&
sayde
thus
Syr
by
my
trouthe
I
am
sory
the
ye
come
so
late
for
I
am
sped
all
redy
For
I
was
made
sure
yester
day
to
another
man
.
A
¶
By
thys
tale
ye
maye
perceyue
that
women
ofte
tymes
be
wyse
&
lothe
to
lose
any
tyme
.
Marchaunt
that
thought
to
deride
a
mylner
seyd
vnto
the
mylner
syttynge
amonge
company
/
Sir
I
haue
harde
say
that
euery
trew
mylner
that
tollyth
trewly
hathe
a
gylden
thombe
/
the
myllner
answeryd
&
sayde
it
was
true
Than
quod
the
marchant
I
pray
the
let
me
se
thy
thombe
&
when
the
mylner
she
wyd
hys
thombe
the
marchant
sayd
I
can
not
perceyue
that
thy
thombe
is
gylt
but
it
is
as
all
other
mens
thombes
be
/
to
whome
〈…〉
answered
and
sayde
/
Syr
treuthe
it
is
that
my
thombe
is
gylt
〈…〉
t
ye
haue
no
power
to
se
it
for
there
is
a
properte
euer
incydent
〈…〉
hat
he
that
is
acockolde
shall
neuer
haue
power
to
se
it
.
Ne
whiche
was
called
Oconer
an
yrysshe
lorde
toke
an
horsman
〈…〉
●risoner
that
wis
one
of
hys
great
enimys
/
whiche
for
any
request
or
intretyt
hat
the
horanan
made
gaue
iugement
that
he
sholde
inconrynent
be
hanged
&
made
a
frere
to
shryue
hym
&
bad
hym
make
hem
redy
to
dye
.
Thys
frere
that
shr●ue
hym
examyned
hym
of
dyuers
synnes
&
asked
him
amonge
other
whiche
were
the
gretteste
synnes
the
euerhe
dyd
this
hors
man
answered
&
sayd
one
of
the
greatest
actys
that
euer
I
dyd
whiche
I
now
most
repent
is
that
whan
I
toke
Oconer
the
last
weke
in
a
chyrche
&
there
I
myght
haue
brennyd
hym
chyrche
&
all
and
because
I
had
conscience
&
pyte
of
brennyng
of
the
chyrche
I
taryed
the
tyme
so
long
the
oconer
escaped
/
&
that
same
deferrynge
of
brennynge
of
the
chyrche
and
so
longe
taryeng
of
that
tyme
is
one
of
the
worst
actes
that
euer
I
dyd
wherof
I
muste
repent
This
frere
perceuynge
hym
in
that
mynde
sayde
peace
in
the
name
of
god
&
change
thy
mynde
&
dye
in
charite
or
els
thou
shalt
neuer
come
in
heuen
/
na●
〈◊〉
that
horsman
I
wyll
neuer
chaunge
the
mynde
what
so
euer
shall
com●
to
my
soule
thys
frere
perceyuynge
hym
thus
styl
contynew
his
minde
can
to
oconer
&
sayde
syr
in
the
name
of
god
haue
some
pyte
vppon
this
anannys
sowle
&
let
hym
not
dye
now
tyl
he
be
in
a
beter
mynde
/
For
yf●e
dye
now
he
is
so
ferre
out
of
cheryte
the
vtterly
his
soule
shall
be
dampned
/
&
shewyd
hym
what
minde
he
was
in
&
all
the
hole
mater
as
is
before
shewyd
.
Thys
horsman
herynge
the
frere
thus
intrete
for
hym
sayd
to
O●●oner
thus
oconer
thou
seest
well
by
thys
mannys
reporte
the
yf
I
dye
now
I
am
out
of
charyte
&
not
redy
to
go
to
heuen
/
&
so
it
is
the
I
〈◊〉
anow
out
of
charyte
in
dede
but
thou
seest
well
that
this
frere
is
a
good
man
and
he
is
now
well
dysposed
&
in
charyte
/
&
he
is
redy
to
go
to
heuen
&
so
am
not
I
therfore
I
pray
the
hang
vp
this
frere
whyle
that
he
is
redy
to
go
to
heuen
/
&
let
me
tary
tyl
another
tyme
that
I
may
be
in
charyte
&
redy
&
mete
to
go
to
heuen
Thys
Oconer
heryng
thys
mad
answere
of
hym
sparyd
the
man
and
for
gaue
hym
hys
lyse
at
that
season
.
¶
By
thys
ye
may
se
that
he
that
is
in
danger
of
hys
enmye
the
hath
no
pite
he
can
do
no
beter
but
shew
to
hym
the
vttermost
of
his
malycyous
mynde
whych
that
he
beryth
to
ward
hym
.
THe
archdekyn
of
Essex
the
had
ben
longe
in
auctorite
in
a
tyme
of
vysytacyon
whan
all
the
prestys
apperyd
before
hym
called
asyde
iii.
of
the
yonge
prestys
which
were
acusyd
that
thy
coulde
not
wel
say
theyr
dyuyne
seruyce
/
&
askyd
of
them
when
they
sayd
mas
whether
they
sayd
corpus
meus
or
corpum
meum
The
fyrst
prest
sayde
the
hasayd
corpus
meus
.
The
second
sayd
the
he
sayd
corpum
meum
.
And
than
he
asked
of
the
thyrd
how
he
sayde
/
whyche
answered
and
sayd
thus
/
¶
Syr
beca●●
is
so
great
a
dout
and
dyuers
men
be
in
dyuers
opynyons
/
therfore
becau●●
wolde
be
sure
I
wolde
not
offende
whan
I
come
to
the
place
I
leue
it
clen●
out
and
say
nothynge
therfore
/
wherfore
the
bysshoppe
than
openly
rebuked
them
all
thre
.
But
dyuers
that
were
present
thought
more
defaut
in
hym●●
cause
he
hym selfe
beforetyme
had
admytted
them
to
be
prestys
.
By
this
tale
ye
may
se
that
one
ought
to
take
hede
how
he
rebukyh
an
other
lest
it
torne
moste
to
his
owne
rebuke
.
Two
freres
satte
at
a
gentylmans
tabyll
whiche
had
before
him
on
a
fast
vngday
an
ele
and
cut
the
hed
of
the
ele
and
layd
it
vpon
one
o●
the
frerys
trenchars
/
but
the
frere
bycause
he
wold
haue
had
of
the
middle
parte
of
the
ele
sayd
to
the
gentylman
he
louyd
no
ele
hedes
/
thys
gentylman
also
cut
the
tayle
of
the
ele
and
layde
it
on
the
other
frerys
trenchar
he
lyke
wyse
because
he
wolde
haue
had
of
the
myddle
parte
of
the
ele
sayde
he
loued
no
ele
tayles
/
This
gentylman
perceuynge
that
gaue
the
tayle
to
hym
that
sayd
he
louyd
not
the
hed
/
and
gaue
the
hed
to
hym
that
sayd
he
loued
not
the
tayle
/
And
as
fore
the
myddell
part
of
the
ele
he
ete
parte
hym selfe
and
parte
be
naue
to
other
folke
at
the
table
/
wherfore
these
freres
for
anger
wolde
ete
neuer
a
morsell
/
and
so
they
for
al
theyr
craft
and
subtylte
were
not
onely
deceyued
of
the
best
morsell
of
the
ele
/
but
therof
had
no
parte
at
all
.
By
this
ye
se
that
they
that
couet
the
best
parte
somtyme
therfore
lese
the
meane
parte
and
all
.
A
welcheman
dwellynge
in
a
wylde
place
of
walys
cam
to
hys
curate
in
the
tyme
of
lente
and
was
confessyd
/
and
when
hys
confessyon
was
in
maner
at
the
end
the
curate
askyd
hym
and
he
had
any
other
thyng
to
say
that
greuyd
his
conscience
which
sore
abasshid
answered
no
worde
a
great
whyle
/
at
last
by
exhortacyon
of
his
goostly
fader
he
sayde
that
there
was
one
thyng
in
his
mynde
that
greatly
greued
his
conscyence
which
he
was
asshamed
to
vtter
/
for
it
was
so
greuous
that
he
trowed
god
wold
neuer
forgyue
hym
to
whome
the
curate
answerd
and
sayd
that
goddes
mercy
was
aboue
all
/
&
bad
hym
not
dyspayre
in
the
mercy
of
god
/
for
what
so
euer
it
was
yf
he
were
repentant
that
god
wolde
forgyue
hym
/
¶
And
so
by
longe
exortacyon
at
the
last
he
shewyd
it
and
seyde
thus
/
¶
Syr
it
happenyd
ones
that
as
my
wyfe
was
makynge
a
chese
vpon
a
fryday
I
wolde
fayne
haue
sayed
whether
it
had
ben
salt
or
fresshe
and
toke
a
lytyll
of
the
whey
in
my
hande
and
put
it
in
my
mouthe
and
or
I
was
ware
parte
of
it
wente
downe
my
throte
agaynst
my
wyll
and
so
I
brake
my
faste
to
whom
the
curate
sayde
and
if
there
be
non
other
thynge
I
warant
god
shall
forgyue
the
/
So
whan
he
had
well
comforted
hym
with
the
mercy
of
god
the
curate
prayed
hym
to
answere
a
quest
〈◊〉
and
to
tell
hym
treuth
/
and
when
the
welchman
had
promysyd
to
tell
the
truth
the
curate
sayd
that
there
were
robberyes
and
murders
done
nye
〈…〉
●ere
he
dwelte
and
dyuers
men
found
slayn
&
asked
hym
whe
thee
〈…〉
ntyage
to
any
of
them
.
to
whom
he
answered
and
sayd
yes
/
&
sayd
〈…〉
ye
to
many
of
them
&
dyd
helpe
to
robe
and
to
slee
dyuers
of
them
〈…〉
urate
asked
hym
why
he
dyd
not
conffesse
hym
therof
the
welshman
answered
and
sayden
he
toke
that
for
no
synne
for
it
was
a
custome
amongest
them
that
whan
any
boty
cam
of
any
ryche
merchant
rydyng
that
it
was
but
a
good
neyboure
dede
one
to
help
another
when
one
callyd
another
/
&
so
they
toke
that
but
for
good
felowshyp
and
neyghbourhod
.
¶
Here
maye
ye
se
that
some
haue
remorse
of
conscyence
of
small
venyall
sinn
is
●fere
not
to
do
oret
offencys
without
shame
of
the
worled
or
drede
of
god
&
as
y comon
proue
be
is
they
stumble
at
a
strawe
&
lepe
ouer
a
blocke
.
A
Ryche
couetous
marchant
there
was
that
dwellid
in
london
which
euer
gaderyd
mony
&
could
neuer
fynd
in
hys
hert
to
spend
ought
vpon
hym selfe
nor
vpon
no
man
els
/
whiche
fell
sore
syke
/
and
as
he
laye
on
hys
deth
bed
had
his
purs
lyenge
at
his
beddys
hede
/
and
had
suche
a
loue
to
his
money
that
he
put
his
hande
in
his
purs
&
toke
out
therof
.x.
or
.
xii.ii
.
in
no
〈…〉
and
put
them
in
his
mouth
/
And
because
his
wyfe
and
other
perceyued
●●ym
very
sy●e
&
lyke
to
dye
they
exortyd
hym
to
be
confessyd
and
brought
the
●urate
vnto
hym
which
when
they
had
caused
him
to
say
Benedicite
the
curate
bad
hym
crye
god
mercy
&
shewe
to
hym
his
synnes
Than
this
seyck
man
began
to
sey
I
crey
god
mercy
I
haue
offendyd
in
the
vii
.
dedly
synnes
&
broken
the
.x.
commaundementes
/
and
because
of
the
gold
in
his
mouth
he
muffled
so
in
his
speche
that
the
curate
could
not
well
vnderstande
hym
/
wherfore
the
curat
askyd
hym
what
he
had
in
his
mouthe
that
letted
his
spech
/
I
I wys
mayster
persone
quod
the
syke
man
muffelynge
I
haue
nothyng
in
my
mouthe
but
a
lyttle
money
bycause
I
wot
not
whether
I
shal
go
I
thought
I
wold
take
some
spendynge
money
withme
for
I
wot
not
what
nede
I
shall
haue
therof
And
incontynent
after
that
sayeng
dyed
before
he
was
confessyd
or
repentant
that
any
man
coulde
perceyue
/
and
so
by
lyklyhod
went
to
the
deuyll
.
By
this
tale
ye
may
se
that
they
that
all
theyr
lyues
wyll
neuer
do
charyte
to
theyr
neghbours
/
that
god
in
tyme
of
theyr
dethe
wyll
not
suffre
them
to
haue
grace
of
repentaunce
.
THere
was
a
certayne
ryche
husband
man
in
a
vyllage
whiche
louyd
nuttes
meruelously
well
and
sette
trees
of
fylberdes
&
other
nutte
trees
in
his
orcharde
/
and
norysshed
them
well
all
his
lyfe
/
&
when
he
dyed
he
made
his
executours
to
make
promyse
to
bery
with
him
in
his
graue
a
bagge
of
nuttes
or
els
they
sholde
not
be
his
executours
/
which
executours
for
fere
of
lesynge
of
theyre
comes
fulfylled
his
mynde
and
dyd
so
/
It
happenyd
chat
the
same
nyghte
after
that
he
was
beryed
there
was
a
mylner
in
●●●hyte
cote
cam
to
this
mannes
garden
to
the
entent
to
stele
a
bagge
of
nuttes
&
in
the
way
he
met
wyth
a
tayler
in
a
black
cote
an
vnthrift
of
hys
〈◊〉
yntance
&
shew●●
hym
hys
intent
This
tayler
lyke
wyse
shewyd
hym
that
he
intendyd
the
sa●●
tyme
to
stele
a
shepe
/
and
so
they
bothe
there
agred
to
go
forewarde
eue●●
man
seuerally
wyth
hys
purpose
and
after
the
they
anoynted
to
make
god
〈◊〉
re
cehe
wyt●
other
and
to
mete
agayn
in
the
chyrch
porch
/
and
he
the
cam
fyrste
to
tarye
for
●he
other
/
¶
This
mylner
when
he
had
spede
of
hys
nuttys
came
furst
to
the
●hyrch
porch
and
there
taryed
for
hys
felow
and
the
mene
whyle
satte
styll
there
and
knakked
nuttes
.
It
fortuned
than
the
sexten
of
the
church
because
yt
was
about
.ix.
of
the
cloke
cam
to
ryng
curfue
and
whan
he
lokyd
in
the
porche
and
sawe
one
all
in
whyte
knakkynge
nuttes
/
he
had
wente
it
had
bene
the
dede
man
rysyn
owt
of
hys
graue
knakkynge
the
nuttes
that
were
beryed
wyth
hym
and
ran
home
agayne
in
all
hast
and
tolde
to
a
krepyll
that
was
in
his
house
what
he
had
sene
/
Thys
crepyll
thus
herynge
hym
rebuked
the
sexten
and
sayd
the
yf
he
were
able
to
go
he
wolde
go
thyder
&
coniure
the
spyryte
/
by
my
trouthe
quod
the
sexten
and
yf
thou
darest
do
that
I
wyll
here
the
on
my
neck
&
so
they
both
agreee
/
the
sexten
toke
the
creple
on
his
nek
&
ca
in
to
the
chyrchyarde
again
and
the
mylner
in
the
porch
saw
one
comynge
beryng
a
thynge
on
his
necke
had
went
it
had
ben
the
tayler
comynge
with
the
shepe
and
rose
vp
to
mete
them
/
and
as
he
cam
towarde
them
he
askyd
&
sayd
Is
he
fat
/
is
he
fat
/
the
sexten
heryng
hym
sey
so
/
for
fere
cast
the
crepull
down
and
sayd
fatte
or
lene
take
hym
as
he
is
/
and
ranne
awaye
/
and
the
creple
by
myracle
was
made
hole
and
ran
away
as
fast
as
he
or
faster
/
Thys
mylner
perceyuyng
that
they
were
two
and
the
one
ran
after
an
other
thoughte
that
one
had
spyed
the
talyer
stelyng
the
shepe
and
that
he
had
ron
after
hym
to
haue
taken
hym
/
and
fearyng
the
one
had
spyed
hym
also
stelynge
the
nuttes
he
for
feare
lefte
hys
nuttes
behynd
hym
and
as
secretly
as
he
cowde
ran
home
to
hys
myll
¶
And
anon
after
that
he
was
gone
the
talyer
cam
wyth
the
stolen
shepe
vppon
hys
necke
to
the
chyrche
porche
to
seke
the
mylner
and
whan
he
fownd
there
the
nutte
shalys
he
supposyd
that
his
felow
had
ben
ther
&
gone
home
as
he
was
in
dede
wherfore
he
toke
vp
the
shepe
agayne
on
hys
necke
and
went
towarde
the
myll
¶
But
yet
durynge
this
while
the
sexten
which
ranne
a
way
went
not
to
hys
owne
house
but
went
to
the
parysh
prestys
chamber
/
and
shewyd
hym
how
the
spyryt
of
the
man
was
rysen
out
of
hys
graue
knackyng
nuttes
as
ye
haue
hard
before
/
wherfore
the
prest
sayd
that
he
wolde
go
coninre
hym
yf
the
sexten
wolde
go
wyth
hym
/
&
so
they
bothe
agreed
the
prest
●yd
on
hys
surples
and
a
stole
about
hys
necke
and
toke
holy
water
wyth
hym
&
●nn
wyth
the
sexten
toward
the
church
/
and
as
sone
as
he
entred
in
the
chyrche
yard
/
The
talyer
wyth
the
whyte
shepe
on
hys
neck
intendyng
as
I
before
haue
shewyd
yow
to
go
downe
to
the
myll
met
with
them
&
had
went
〈◊〉
it
the
prest
in
his
surples
had
ben
the
m●lner
in
his
whyte
cote
&
seyd
to
hym
by
god
I
haue
hym
I
haue
hym
mea●yuge
by
the
shepe
that
he
had
stolen
/
the
prest
〈…〉
●ynge
the
〈…〉
er
all
in
blake
and
a
whyte
thynge
on
hys
nek
had
went
〈…〉
ben
the
deuyll
beryng
away
the
spyryte
of
the
dede
man
that
was
beryed
〈…〉
an
away
as
fast
as
he
coude
takyng
the
way
down
towarde
the
myl●
&
〈…〉
erten
ronnyng
after
hym
Thys
tayler
sey●●
one
folowyng
him
had
wet
that
one
had
folowed
the
mylner
to
haue
done
hym
som
hurt
aut
thought
he
wold
folow
if
nede
were
to
help
the
milner
and
went
forth
tyl
he
ca●●
to
the
mill
〈…〉
knocked
at
the
myll
dore
/
the
mylner
beynge
wythin
asked
who
was
there
〈…〉
ayler
answeryd
and
sayd
by
god
I
haue
caught
one
of
them
&
made
him
sure
and
tyed
hym
fast
by
the
leggys
menynge
by
the
shepe
that
he
had
stolen
and
there
had
on
hys
neck
tyed
fast
by
the
legges
.
But
the
mylner
heryng
him
sey
that
he
had
hym
tyed
fast
by
the
legges
had
went
it
had
ben
the
constable
that
had
taken
the
tayler
for
stelyng
●f
the
shepe
and
had
tyed
hym
by
the
legges
and
ferid
that
he
had
come
to
haue
taken
hym
also
for
stelynge
of
the
nuttes
/
wher fore
the
mylner
opened
a
bak
dore
and
ran
away
as
fast
as
he
coud
.
The
tayler
herynge
the
backe
dore
openynge
wente
on
the
other
syde
of
the
myll
and
there
saw
the
mylner
ronnyng
away
and
stode
ther
a
lytyll
whyle
musyng
wyth
the
shepe
on
his
necke
Then
was
the
parysshe
preest
and
the
sexten
standynge
there
vnder
the
mylhouse
hydyng
them
for
fere
and
saw
the
tayler
agayn
with
the
shepe
on
hys
nek
had
wende
styll
it
had
ben
the
deuyll
wyth
the
spyryt
of
the
dede
man
on
hys
nek
and
for
fere
ran
awaye
/
but
because
they
knew
not
then
grounde
well
/
the
preste
lepte
into
a
dyche
almoste
ouer
the
hed
/
lyke
to
be
drownyde
that
he
cryed
wyth
a
loude
voyce
help
helpe
.
Than
the
tayler
lokyd
about
and
saw
the
mylner
ronne
away
and
the
sexten
a nother
way
and
hard
the
preste
crye
helpe
had
went
it
had
ben
the
constable
wyth
a
great
company
cryeng
for
helpe
to
take
him
and
to
bryng
hym
to
pryson
for
stelyng
of
the
shepe
wherfore
he
threwe
down
the
shepe
and
ran
away
another
way
as
fast
as
he
coud
/
and
so
euery
man
was
afferd
of
other
wythout
cause
.
¶
By
thys
ye
may
se
well
it
is
foly
for
any
man
to
fere
a
thyng
to
〈…〉
noche
tyll
that
these
some
profe
or
cause
.
IN
the
old
world
when
all
thyng
coud
speke
the
.iiii.
elementys
mette
to geder
for
many
thynges
whych
they
had
to
do
because
they
must
meddell
alway
one
wyth
a nother
:
and
had
communicacion
to
gyder
of
dyuers
maters
/
and
by
cause
they
coulde
not
conclude
all
theyr
maters
at
that
season
they
appoyntyd
to
breke
communicacion
for
that
tyme
&
to
mete
〈…〉
another
tyme
/
therfore
eche
one
of
them
shewed
to
other
where
theyr
〈◊〉
mo●c
abydyng
was
and
where
their
felows
shoulde
fynde
them
yf
nede
shuld
requyre
and
fyrste
the
erthe
sayde
bretherne
ye
knowe
well
as
for
me
I
am
ꝑmanēr
alway
and
not
remouable
therfore
ye
may
be
sure
to
haue
me
alway
whay
ye
lyste
.
The
wather
sayde
yf
ye
lyst
to
seke
me
ye
shall
be
sure
euer
for
to
haue
me
vnder
a
toft
of
grene
rushes
or
elles
in
a
womans
eye
.
The
wynde
saye
yf
ye
lyst
to
speke
wyth
me
ye
shall
be
sure
to
haue
me
among
aspyn
leuys
or
els
in
a
womans
tong
Then
quod
the
fyre
yf
any
of
you
ly
to
seke
me
/
ye
shal
euer
be
sure
to
fynd
me
in
a
flynt
stone
or
els
in
a
wmans
harte
¶
By
thys
tale
ye
may
lerne
aswell
the
propert
of
the
iiii
.
elementys
as
the
proprete
is
of
a
woman
There
was
a
iustyce
but
late
in
the
reame
of
england
callyd
mast
Vauesor
a
very
homely
man
&
rude
of
condycyons
&
louyd
neuer
to
spend
mych
money
/
Thys
master
Vauysour
tode
on
a
tyme
in
his
cyrcuyte
in
the
northe
countrey
where
he
had
agreed
with
the
sheryf
for
a
certain
some
of
money
for
hys
charges
thorowe
the
〈◊〉
so
that
at
euery
inne
&
lodgynge
this
master
vauesour
payd
for
his
own●
costys
It
fortunyd
so
the
when
he
can
to
a
certayn
lodgyng
he
comaunded
〈◊〉
Turpyn
his
seruant
to
se
the
he
vsed
good
husbondry
&
to
saue
suche
〈◊〉
gesas
were
left
&
to
cary
it
with
hym
to
serue
hym
at
the
nexte
baytynge●
Thys
turpyn
doyng
hys
maystres
commandement
toke
the
broken
bred
broken
mete
&
all
such
thyng
the
was
left
&
put
it
in
his
maysters
cloth
sak
〈◊〉
wyfe
of
the
hous
perceyuing
the
he
toke
all
suche
fragmentys
&
vytayle
wyth
hym
the
was
left
&
put
it
in
the
cloth
sak
/
she
brought
vp
the
podage
that
was
left
in
the
pot
&
when
turpyn
had
torned
his
bake
a
lytyl
asyde
she
pouryd
.
the
podage
in
to
the
cloth
sake
whych
ran
vpon
hes
robe
of
skarlet
&
other
of
his
garmentys
&
rayed
than
veryeuyll
the
they
were
mych
hurt
therwyth
/
Thys
turpyn
sodneynly
turnyd
hym
&
saw
it
reuyled
the
wyfe
therfore
&
ran
to
hys
mayster
and
told
hym
what
she
had
don
/
wherfore
master
Vauesor
incomtinent
callyd
the
wyf
&
seyd
to
her
thus
/
Thou
drab
qudd
he
what
hast
thow
don
why
hast
thou
pourd
the
potage
in
my
cloth
sake
&
marrd
my
rayment
&
gere
Osyr
quod
the
wyfe
I
know
wel
year
a
iudge
of
the
realme
and
I
perceyue
by
you
:
your
mind
is
to
do
ryght
&
to
haue
that
is
your
owen
&
your
mynd
is
to
haue
all
thing
wyth
you
the
haue
payd
for
both
broken
mete
and
other
thynges
the
is
left
&
so
it
is
reson
the
ye
haue
&
therfore
because
your
seruant
hath
taken
the
broken
mete
&
put
it
in
your
cloth
sack
I
haue
therin
put
the
potage
that
by
left
because
ye
haue
wel
&
truly
payd
for
them
yf
I
shoulde
kepe
ony
thynge
from
you
that
ye
haue
papyed
for
paraduenture
ye
wold
troble
me
in
the
law
another
tyme
.
¶
Here
ye
may
se
that
he
that
playth
the
nygarde
to
mych
som
tyme
it
torneth
hym
to
hys
owne
losse
.
A
Certayn
weddyd
man
there
was
whyche
whan
he
was
dede●am
what
to
heuen
gates
to
seynt
peter
and
sayd
he
cam
to
clayme
hys
badheretage
whiche
he
had
deseruyd
Saynt
Peter
askyd
hym
he
he
was
/
&
he
sayd
a
weddyd
man
/
anon
Saynt
peter
openyd
the
gatys
&
the
hym
to
come
in
&
sayde
he
was
worthye
to
haue
hys
herytage
bycause
had
had
much
troble
&
was
worthy
to
haue
a
crowne
of
glory
.
And
after
〈◊〉
a nother
man
the
claymyd
heuen
&
sayd
to
/
Seynt
Peter
he
had
●ade
.ii.
wyues
to
whom
Saynt
peter
answered
&
said
com
In
for
thou
art
●orthy
to
haue
a
doble
crown
of
glory
for
thou
hast
had
doble
troble
at
ye●ist
there
cam
the
thyrd
claymynge
his
herytage
&
sayde
to
saynt
peter
the
〈◊〉
had
had
.iii.
wiues
and
desyryd
to
come
In
/
what
quod
Saynt
Peter
thou
hast
been
ones
in
troble
&
therof
delyueryd
/
&
that
wylligly
woldyit
be
troblyd
again
&
yet
agayne
therof
delyueryd
/
&
for
all
that
coulde
not
beware
the
thyrde
tyme
/
but
enterest
wyllyngly
in
troble
agayn
therefore
go
thy
〈◊〉
ye
to
hell
for
thou
shalt
neuer
come
in
heuen
for
thou
art
not
worthy
.
¶
Thys
tale
is
a
warnyng
to
them
that
haue
bene
twyse
in
paryll
to
be
ware
how
they
come
therin
the
thyrd
tyme
.
A
Ryche
marchant
of
london
there
was
that
had
one
sonne
the
was
〈…〉
what
vnthryfty
therfore
hys
fader
vppon
hys
deth
bed
called
hym
to
hym
&
sayde
he
knew
well
the
he
had
ben
vnthryfty
how
be
it
yf
he
knew
he
wold
amond
,
hys
condycyons
he
wolde
make
hym
his
executour
&
leue
hym
his
goods
so
that
he
wolde
promyse
hym
to
pray
for
his
soule
&
to
fynde
one
dayly
to
syng
for
hym
which
thyng
to
performe
his
sonne
there
made
a
faythfull
promyse
/
After
the
this
man
made
hym
hys
executour
&
dyed
But
after
the
hys
sonne
kept
such
ryot
the
in
short
tyme
he
had
wasted
&
spente
all
&
had
nothynge
left
but
a
henne
and
a
cocke
that
was
his
faders
It
fortunyd
than
the
one
of
hys
Frendys
came
to
hym
&
sayd
he
was
sory
the
he
had
wasted
so
moch
&
asked
hym
how
he
wolde
proforme
his
promyse
made
to
his
fader
that
he
wolde
kepe
one
to
syng
for
hym
Thys
yongman
answered
&
sayde
by
god
yet
I
wyll
perform
my
promyse
/
for
I
wyll
kepe
this
same
cocke
alyue
styl
&
he
wyl
know
euery
day
&
so
he
shall
synge
euery
day
for
my
faders
soule
&
so
I
wyl
performe
my
promyse
wel
ynough
.
¶
By
thys
ye
maye
se
that
it
is
wysdome
for
a
man
to
do
good
dedys
hym selfe
whyle
he
is
here
&
not
to
trust
to
the
prayer
&
promyse
of
hys
executours
.
THere
was
a
mayde
stode
by
a
reuers
syde
in
her
smoke
wasshynge
clothes
/
And
as
she
stouped
ofttymes
her
smocke
cleued
betwene
her
buttokkes
/
By
whome
there
cam
a
frere
seynge
her
and
sayde
in
sporte
/
Mayde
mayde
take
hede
for
Bayarde
bytes
on
the
brydell
Nay
wys
master
frere
quod
the
mayden
he
doth
but
wype
hys
mouthe
and
wenyth
ye
wyll
come
and
kysse
hym
.
¶
By
thys
ye
may
se
that
womans
answer
is
neuer
to
seke
.
A
Certayn
man
there
was
dwellynge
in
a
towne
called
Gotam
that
A
went
to
afayre
.iii.
myle
for
to
bye
shepe
/
and
as
he
cam
ouer
a
bryge
〈◊〉
he
met
with
one
of
hys
neyghbours
and
told
hym
whether
he
went
&
askyd
hym
whych
way
he
wold
bryng
them
/
whyche
sayd
he
wolde
brynge
them
ouer
the
same
bryge
/
nay
quod
the
other
man
but
thou
shalt
not
/
by
god
mele
vpon
a
hor●e
a
neybour
or
theyrs
and
〈…〉
was
the
cause
of
theyr
varyaunce
which
thanshe
〈…〉
mater
and
cause
as
ye
haue
harde
¶
Thys
thyrde
man
the
mylner
〈…〉
for
to
re●uke
them
by
a
tamylyer
example
and
toke
his
sacke
of
〈…〉
his
horse
backe
&
openyd
it
and
pouryd
all
the
mele
in
the
sacke
ou●●
the
〈…〉
dge
into
the
ronnynge
ryuer
wherby
all
the
mele
was
lost
and
sayce
thu●
by
my
trouthe
neyboure
because
ye
stryue
for
dryuynge
ouer
the
brydge
those
shepe
which
be
not
yet
boughte
nor
wotte
not
where
they
be
me
thynketh
therfore
〈…〉
as
moche
wytte
in
your
hedes
as
there
is
mele
now
in
〈…〉
¶
Thys
tale
shewyth
you
that
som
man
takyth
〈…〉
men
wysdome
when
he
is
but
a
fole
hym selfe
.
〈…〉
A
Man
there
was
that
cam
to
confesse
hym
to
a
〈…〉
hym
that
he
had
layne
with
a
yonge
gentyll
〈…〉
asked
hym
in
what
place
/
and
he
sayde
it
was
it
〈…〉
all
nyght
longe
in
a
soft
warme
bed
the
frere
herynge
〈…〉
thys
and
sayd
/
Now
by
swete
seynt
francys
then
wast
tho
〈…〉
A
Chandeler
beynge
a
wydower
dwellynge
at
holborne
〈…〉
don
had
a
fayr
doughter
/
whom
a
yonge
gentelman
of
〈…〉
ynne
woyd
sore
to
haue
his
pleasure
of
her
/
whyche
by
longe
iure
to
her
made
at
the
last
graunted
hym
and
poynted
hym
to
com
vpon
a
nyghte
to
her
faders
hous
in
the
euenynge
&
she
wold
conuey
hym
into
her
chamber
secretl●
which
was
an
inner
chamber
within
her
faders
chamber
/
So
accordynge
〈…〉
the
poyntement
all
thynge
was
performed
so
that
he
lay
wyth
her
all
〈…〉
&
made
good
chere
tell
about
foure
a
clocke
in
the
mornynge
/
at
whyche
〈…〉
it
fortunyd
this
yonge
gentylman
fell
a
coughynge
/
which
ram
vpon
〈…〉
sore
that
he
could
not
refrayn
.
This
wench
than
ferig
her
fader
the
lay
in
the
next
〈…〉
chamber
bad
hym
go
put
his
hede
in
the
draught
lest
that
her
fader
shold
〈…〉
him
/
which
after
her
councel
rose
in
his
shyrte
and
so
dyd
/
but
than
because
of
the
sauour
of
the
draught
it
causyd
hym
to
coughe
moche
more
&
louder
that
the
wenchys
fader
herde
it
/
and
askyd
of
his
doughter
what
man
it
was
that
coughed
in
her
chamber
she
answered
&
said
no
body
but
euer
this
yongman
coughed
styll
more
&
more
/
whom
the
fader
herynge
sayd
by
goddes
body
hore
thou
lyest
I
wyll
se
who
is
there
and
rose
out
of
his
bedde
/
Thys
wenche
perceyued
her
fader
rysinge
cam
to
the
gentylman
and
sayde
take
hede
syr
to
your selfe
for
my
fader
comyth
/
¶
This
gentylman
sodeynly
therwyth
abass
hyd
wolde
haue
pullyd
his
hede
oute
of
the
draughte
hole
which
was
very
streyghte
for
hys
hede
that
hc
pullyd
the
sege
borde
vp
therwyth
/
and
hangyng
about
his
neck
ran
vpon
the
fader
beynge
an
olde
man
&
gaue
hym
a
great
fall
and
bare
〈…〉
/
whych
when
they
se
this
〈…〉
start
asyde
and
threwe
downe
the
cart
wyth
colys
and
dre
〈…〉
&
brake
the
carte
rope
wherby
the
coles
fell
out
some
in
one
place
an●
〈…〉
another
/
and
after
the
horses
brake
theyr
trasys
and
ranne
some
to
〈…〉
the
thfelde
&
som
toward
newgate
that
the
coly
as
ran
after
them
and
was
in
houre
and
more
or
euer
he
could
gette
his
hor●e
to
gyder
agayne
/
by
which
tyme
the
people
of
the
strete
were
rysen
and
cam
to
the
〈…〉
strawyn
with
colys
euery
one
for
hys
parte
gaderyd
vp
〈…〉
parte
of
the
coles
were
gone
or
the
colyar
had
got
his
hor
〈…〉
whyle
the
gentylman
went
thrugh
seynt
andrews
〈…〉
Inne
/
and
there
met
with
the
sexten
commynge
〈…〉
mas
/
whych
whan
he
saw
the
gentylman
in
the
〈…〉
with
the
draught
borde
about
his
neck
had
wend
〈…〉
alas
alas
a
spryt
&
ran
back
again
to
his
house
almost
at
〈…〉
was
almoste
out
of
his
wytte
that
he
was
the
worse
a
〈…〉
his
gentilman
than
because
dauys
inne
gatys
were
not
open
〈…〉
syde
&
lept
ouer
the
garden
wal
/
but
in
lepyng
the
draught
bord
〈…〉
hym
that
he
fell
downe
into
the
gardyn
&
had
almoste
broken
his
necke
and
ther
he
say
styll
tyll
that
the
pryncypall
cam
into
the
garden
/
which
●●han
he
saw
hym
lye
there
had
wente
some
man
had
be
slayne
and
there
caste
〈…〉
●●uer
the
wall
and
durst
not
come
nye
hym
tyll
he
had
callyd
vp
hys
companye
〈…〉
when
many
of
the
gentylman
wer
com
to gether
/
loked
well
vppon
〈…〉
and
knewe
hym
&
after
releuyd
hym
/
but
the
borde
that
was
about
hys
〈…〉
●aused
his
hed
so
to
swell
that
they
coulde
not
gette
it
of
tyll
they
were
〈…〉
to
cutte
it
of
with
hatchettys
/
Thus
was
the
wenche
well
iaped
/
and
for
fere
she
ranne
from
her
fader
/
her
faders
arme
was
hurte
/
the
colyar
lost
his
coles
the
sexton
was
almost
out
of
hys
wyt
/
&
the
gentylman
had
almost
broke
his
necke
.
A
Marchantys
wyfe
there
was
in
bowe
parysh
in
london
some
what
A
stepte
in
age
to
whom
her
mayde
cam
on
a
sonday
in
lente
after
dyner
and
sayde
maystres
quod
she
they
rynge
at
saynte
Thomas
of
acres
for
there
shall
be
a
sermon
prechyd
anon
/
to
whome
the
mastres
answered
and
sayde
mary
goddys
blessynge
haue
thy
harte
for
warnynge
me
there
of
&
because
I
slepte
not
well
all
this
nyght
I
pray
the
brynge
my
stole
with
me
for
I
wyll
go
thyder
to
loke
whether
I
can
take
a
nappe
there
whyle
the
preest
is
prechynge
.
¶
By
thys
ye
may
se
that
many
one
goth
to
chyrch
as
moch
for
other
thynges
as
for
deuocyon
.
in
a
whyle
〈…〉
they
were
〈◊〉
rowyd
and
they
〈…〉
dyng
to
do
strer
her
councell
cam
to
one
of
he
〈…〉
medecyne
was
taught
her
for
her
pyggys
and
〈…〉
bandes
hat
/
which
answered
angrely
and
〈…〉
Drabbe
I
haue
none
for
my
husbande
is
〈…〉
and
so
lyke
wyse
euery
woman
answered
〈…〉
fro
many
of
them
in
anger
and
scoldyng
/
〈…〉
she
cam
agayn
to
her
gosseps
all
angerly
〈…〉
to
borow
a
cockoldes
hat
and
I
can
get
non
〈…〉
I
wyll
haue
one
of
myn
owne
and
be
oute
〈…〉
By
thys
tale
a
man
maylerne
that
it
is
〈…〉
trust
more
to
his
owne
store
than
to
his
〈…〉
A
Gentylman
&
gentylwoman
satte
to
gyder
talkyng
〈…〉
had
great
pain
in
one
of
his
tethe
and
hapnyd
to
say
〈…〉
man
thus
/
I
I wys
maystres
I
haue
a
tothe
in
my
hede
which
〈…〉
ry
sore
/
wherfore
I
wold
it
were
in
your
tayl
/
She
heryng
him
〈…〉
thus
/
in
good
fayth
syr
yf
your
tothe
werre
in
my
tayle
it
coulde
〈…〉
good
/
but
yf
there
be
any
thynge
in
my
tayle
that
can
do
your
tothe
〈…〉
wolde
it
were
in
your
tothe
/
〈…〉
¶
By
this
ye
may
se
that
a
womans
answered
is
seldome
to
seke
IN
the
tyme
of
lente
a
welcheman
cam
to
be
confessyd
of
his
curate
whych
in
his
confessyon
sayde
that
he
had
kylled
a
frere
to
w●ome
the
curate
sayd
he
could
nat
assoyle
hym
/
yes
quod
the
welchm●●
yf
thou
〈◊〉
west
all
thou
woldest
assoyle
me
well
ynoughe
/
&
when
the
cura●●●
〈◊〉
cominā
dyd
hym
to
shew
hym
all
the
case
he
sayd
thus
/
mary
there
w●●●
.ii.
freres
&
I
myght
haue
slayn
thembothe
yf
I
had
lyst
but
I
let
the
one
scape
/
therfore
mayster
curate
set
the
tone
agaynst
the
tother
&
than
the
offence
is
not
so
great
but
ye
may
assoyle
me
well
ynoughe
.
¶
By
this
ye
may
se
that
dyuers
men
haue
so
●uyll
and
larg
conscyence
the
they
thynke
yf
they
do
one
good
d●●e
or
refrayr
〈◊〉
doynge
of
one
cuyll
synne
the
ye
yt
satysfacc●●
for
othe●
〈…〉
and
ofencys
.
THere
was
a
company
of
gentlyman
in
northamptom
〈…〉
went
to
hunte
for
dere
in
the
porlews
in
the
goslet
besyde
〈…〉
ford
Amonge
wh●●h
gētylmen
there
was
one
which
had
a
〈…〉
man
to
his
serue
〈◊〉
a
good
archer
/
whiche
whan
they
cam
to
a
Rascall
but
euer
he
lette
〈…〉
●nd
toke
no
hede
to
them
.
¶
〈◊〉
within
an
houre
after
he
saw
com
ryt●
〈…〉
the
hye
waye
a
man
of
the
co●trey
whych
had
a
boget
hangynge
a
〈…〉
●●yll
bow
/
And
whan
this
welcheman
had
es●●ed
hym
he
bad
hym
〈…〉
began
to
drawe
his
bow
and
bad
hym
delyuer
that
lytell
male
that
h●
〈…〉
at
his
sadyll
bowe
/
Thys
man
for
fere
of
hys
lyfe
was
glad
to
delyuer
〈…〉
boget
/
and
so
dyd
and
than
rode
hys
waye
and
was
glad
he
was
so
〈…〉
and
whan
this
man
of
the
contrey
was
gone
thys
welcheman
was
very
〈…〉
and
wente
incontynente
to
seke
hys
may
〈◊〉
and
at
the
laste
founde
〈…〉
●●yth
hys
companye
/
and
whan
he
saw
hym
〈…〉
to
hym
and
sayd
〈…〉
Mayster
by
cottes
plut
and
her
nayle
I
haue
〈…〉
yonder
this
two
hourys
and
I
colde
se
neuer
a
male
but
a
lyttell
male
that
a
man
had
hangynge
at
his
sadell
bow
/
&
thet
I
haue
goten
and
lo
here
it
is
/
and
toke
his
master
the
boget
whiche
he
had
taken
away
from
the
forsayd
man
/
for
the
whiche
dede
bothe
the
mayster
and
the
seruante
were
after
warde
in
greate
trouble
.
¶
By
this
ye
may
lerne
yt
is
greate
folye
for
a
mayster
to
putte
a
seruaunte
to
that
besynes
wherof
he
can
nothynge
skyll
and
wherin
he
hath
not
ben
vsyd
A
yonge
gentylman
of
the
age
of
.xx.
yere
somwhat
dysposed
to
myrth
and
gaue
on
a
tyme
talked
wyth
agentylwoman
whyche
was
ryght
wyse
and
also
mery
/
thys
gentylwoman
as
she
talked
with
hym
happenyd
to
loke
vpon
hys
berde
/
which
was
but
yonge
and
somewhat
gromen
vpon
the
ouer
lyppe
/
&
but
lyttell
growen
benethe
as
all
other
yonge
monnys
berdes
comynly
vse
to
grow
and
sayd
to
hym
thus
/
Syr
ye
haue
a
〈…〉
none
beneth
/
&
he
herynge
her
say
so
/
sayde
in
sporte
/
maystres
ye
haue
a
berde
beneth
&
none
aboue
/
mary
quod
she
than
set
the
tone
agaynst
the
tother
/
which
answere
made
the
gentlyman
so
abasshed
that
he
had
not
one
worde
to
answere
/
THere
was
a
certayn
white
frere
whiche
was
a
very
glotton
and
a
great
●●ggyn
which
had
an
vngracyouse
boy
that
euer
folowed
hym
an
bare
his
cloke
and
what
for
the
freres
glotony
and
for
his
●horlyss●●es
the
boy
where
he
wente
cowlde
scante
gette
meate
〈…〉
noughe
for
the
frere
wolde
eate
almoste
all
hym selfe
/
¶
But
on
a
〈…〉
stere
made
a
sermone
in
the
contry
wher
in
he
touched
very
many
〈…〉
whyche
cryste
dyd
afore
hys
passyon
amonge
which
he
specyally
〈◊〉
the
myracle
whyche
cryste
dyd
in
fedynge
fyue
thousande
people
with
fyue
louys
of
brede
and
with
.iii.
lytell
f●sshes
and
this
frerys
boy
which
caryd
not
gretely
for
hys
Pla〈…〉
hys
mayster
was
so
great
a
chu●●
〈…〉
that
all
the
church
harde
and
sayd
〈…〉
fryers
there
/
whyche
answere
made
〈…〉
that
for
shame
.
the
frere
〈◊〉
out
of
the
〈…〉
he
than
departyd
out
of
the
〈◊〉
that
the
〈…〉
¶
By
thys
ye
may
se
that
it
is
hone●
〈…〉
depart
with
suche
as
he
hath
to
then
〈…〉
A
Rych●
fraynklyn
dwellyn
in
the
count
〈…〉
house
of
whom
he
could
neuer
be
ryd
an
〈…〉
space
〈◊〉
a
senyght
&
wold
neuer
deꝑt
wher●
〈…〉
wery
of
hym
/
on
a
tyme
/
as
he
&
hys
wyfe
and
this
frere
〈…〉
faynyd
hym selfe
very
angry
whyth
hys
wyfe
In
somoch
〈…〉
her
.
Thys
frere
perseyuyng
well
what
they
ment
sayd
〈…〉
I
haue
bene
here
this
seuenyght
whan
ye
were
frendys
&
〈…〉
fortenyght
lenger
but
I
wyll
se
you
frendys
agayne
or
I
〈…〉
uyng
that
he
coude
no
good
nor
wolde
not
depart
by
none
〈…〉
sweryd
hym
shortely
&
sayd
by
god
frere
but
thou
shalt
abyd
〈…〉
and
toke
hym
by
the
shulders
and
thrust
hym
out
of
the
dorys
〈…〉
¶
By
thys
ye
may
se
that
he
that
wyl
lerne
no
good
by
examp●●
〈…〉
maner
to
hym
showyd
is
worthy
to
be
taught
wyth
open
rebt
〈…〉
IN
the
towne
of
bottelley
dwelled
a
mylner
whiche
had
a
〈…〉
homely
wenche
to
his
doughter
/
whome
the
curate
of
the
n●xte
towne
louyd
/
and
as
the
fame
went
had
her
at
hys
pleasure
/
¶
But
on
a
tyme
thys
curat
prechyd
of
these
curyouse
wyues
now
a
dayes
/
&
whether
it
were
for
the
nonys
or
whether
it
cam
oute
at
all
aduenturys
he
happ●nyd
to
say
thus
in
hys
sermon
/
¶
ye
wyues
ye
be
so
curyous
in
all
your
warkes
that
ye
wot
not
what
ye
meane
/
but
ye
shold
folow
oure
lady
.
For
our
lady
was
nothynge
so
curyous
as
ye
be
/
but
she
was
a
good
homely
wenche
lyke
the
mylners
doughter
of
Botteley
.
At
whych
sayng
all
the
ꝑishons
made
gret
laughyng
/
and
specyally
they
that
knew
that
he
louyd
that
same
wenche
.
¶
By
this
ye
may
se
it
is
gret
foly
for
a
man
the
is
suspertyd
with
any
●●on
to
praise
or
to
name
the
same
parson
o●enly
lest
it
bryng
hym
in
forther
selaunder
.
A
Frere
Lymytour
come
into
a
pore
mannys
howse
in
the
countrey
and
because
thys
pore
man
thought
thys
frere
myght
do
hym
some
good
he
therfore
thought
to
make
hym
good
there
But
bycause
hys
wyfe
wold
dresse
hym
no
good
mete
for
coste
/
he
therfore
at
dyner
tyme
sayd
thus
By
god
wyfe
bycause
thou
dyddest
dresse
me
no
good
mete
to
my
dyner
were
it
not
for
mayster
frere
/
thou
shouldest
haue
halfe
a
dofyn
strypes
.
Nay
syr
quod
〈◊〉
frere
I
pray
you
spare
not
for
me
/
wherwyth
the
wyfe
was
angry
and
〈◊〉
at
soupper
she
caused
them
to
fare
wors
〈…〉
●cstys
yf
they
wyl
haue
any
〈…〉
●he
howse
.
〈…〉
he
were
well
lernyde
yet
he
was
〈…〉
whych
had
a
Gentylmannys
sonne
〈…〉
teche
hym
to
speke
latyn
.
Thys
frere
〈…〉
in
the
fo●●rey
/
and
because
thys
frere
〈…〉
knowe
that
thys
chylde
had
metely
well
spent
〈…〉
bene
wyth
hym
/
he
bad
thys
chylde
to
make
in
〈…〉
the
cloyster
.
Thys
chylde
halfe
astonyed
bycause
〈…〉
thys
latyn
so
shortly
answeryd
at
all
aduentures
〈…〉
ambulant
.
〈…〉
●yme
a
good
old
gentlyman
beyng
a
lawyer
cam
to
lo●
〈…〉
me
and
as
he
can
he
hapenyd
to
ouertake
a
frere
which
〈…〉
chryft
and
went
alone
wythout
hys
beuer
wherfore
this
〈…〉
frere
where
was
hys
beuer
that
shold
kepe
hym
compa
〈…〉
●ontrary
to
hys
relygyon
to
go
alone
/
and
it
wolde
cause
〈…〉
●●ym
to
be
som
apostata
or
som
vnthryft
By
god
syr
quod
the
〈…〉
maundeth
hym
vnto
your
mastershyp
/
why
quod
the
gentyl●●
〈…〉
hym
not
/
than
(
quod
the
frere
to
the
gentylman
)
ye
are
the
〈…〉
for
hym
/
〈…〉
thys
tale
ye
may
se
that
he
that
geueth
counsell
to
any
vnthryt
〈…〉
heth
hym
hys
dutye
shall
haue
oftymes
but
a
mock
for
hys
labour
〈…〉
re
gentylmen
cam
into
an
Inne
where
a
fayre
woman
was
tap
〈…〉
●fter
wherfore
as
these
thre
satte
there
makynge
mery
eche
of
them
kyssed
her
and
made
good
pastyme
&
plesure
howbeit
one
spake
merley
&
sayde
I
can
not
se
how
this
gentylwoman
is
able
to
make
pastyme
&
pleasure
to
vs
all
thre
excepte
that
she
were
departed
in
thre
partes
/
¶
By
my
trouthe
quod
one
of
them
yf
that
she
myght
be
departed
than
I
wolde
chuse
for
my
parte
her
hed
and
her
fayre
face
that
I
my
ghte
alway
kysse
her
/
Than
quod
the
second
I
wolde
haue
the
breste
and
harte
for
there
lyeth
her
loue
/
〈…〉
quod
the
thyrd
then
ther
is
nothyng
left
for
me
but
the
loynys
/
buttockys
and
leggys
&
I
am
contente
to
haue
it
for
my
parte
/
And
whan
these
gentylmen
had
passed
the
tyme
there
by
the
space
of
one
hour
or
.ii.
they
toke
theyr
leue
&
were
goynge
awaye
but
〈◊〉
they
went
the
thyrd
man
whych
had
chosen
the
bely
&
the
buttockys
dyd
kys
the
tapyster
&
bad
her
farewell
/
what
quod
the
fyrste
man
that
had
chosen
the
fere
&
the
mouth
why
dost
thou
so
/
thou
dost
me
wronge
to
kysse
my
parte
that
I
haue
chosen
of
her
/
O
quod
the
other
I
pray
●he
be
nat
angry
for
I
am
contente
that
thou
shalt
kys
my
parte
for
it
/
IN
essex
there
dwellyd
a
mery
gentylman
whyche
had
a
coke
callyd
Thomas
that
was
greatly
dysseasyd
with
the
tothake
●
complaynyd
to
hys
mayster
therof
whych
sayd
he
had
a
boke
of
made
is
and
sayd
he
wold
loke
vp
hys
boke
to
se
whether
he
coud
fynd
any
medecyn
therin
for
it
and
so
send
one
of
hys
doughters
to
hys
study
for
hys
boke
/
and
incontynent
lokyd
vppon
yt
a
long
season
/
and
than
sayd
thus
to
hys
coke
.
Thomas
quot
he
here
is
a
medesyn
for
your
tothake
and
yt
ys
a
charm
but
yt
wyl
do
you
vp
good
except
ye
knele
on
your
knees
&
aske
yt
for
sent
charyte
Thys
man
glad
to
be
relesyd
of
hys
payn
kneled
and
sayd
mayster
for
seit
charyte
let
me
haue
that
medecyne
.
Than
quod
thys
gentylman
knele
on
your
knees
and
say
after
me
/
whyche
knelyd
downe
and
sayd
after
hym
as
he
bad
hym
¶
Thys
gentylman
began
and
sayd
thus
.
The
son
on
the
sonday
,
The
son
on
the
sonday
quod
thomas
.
The
mone
on
the
monday
/
the
mone
on
the
monday
.
The
trynyte
on
the
tewsyday
the
trynyte
on
the
tewsday
The
wyt
on
the
wednysday
the
wyt
on
the
wednysday
.
The
holy
holy
thursday
/
the
holy
holy
thursday
And
all
that
fast
on
fryday
&
all
that
fast
on
fryday
Shyte
in
thy
mouthe
on
saterday
.
Thys
Thomas
coke
heryng
hys
mayster
thus
mokkyng
hym
in
●●
angrer
stert
vp
and
sayd
by
goddys
body
mokkyng
churle
I
wyll
neuer
do
the
seruyce
more
.
And
went
forth
to
hys
chamber
to
gete
hys
gere
to geder
to
th
entent
to
haue
gon
thens
by
&
by
but
what
for
the
anger
that
he
toke
with
his
mayster
for
the
mok
that
he
gaue
hym
/
&
what
for
labor
that
he
roke
to geder
hys
gere
so
shortly
to geder
/
the
payne
of
the
tothake
went
from
hym
in
contance
that
hys
mayster
cam
to
hym
and
made
hym
to
tary
styll
/
and
tolde
hym
that
hys
charme
was
the
cause
of
the
ease
of
the
payne
of
the
tothake
.
¶
By
thys
tale
ye
may
fh
that
anger
oftymes
puttyth
away
the
bodely
payne
/
A
Skoler
of
oxford
latley
made
mayster
of
art
cam
in
to
the
cyte
of
london
and
in
poulys
mette
with
the
sayd
mery
gentylman
of
essex
which
was
euer
disposyd
to
play
many
mery
pageantys
wyth
whom
before
he
had
bene
of
famylyer
accoyntaunce
and
prayd
hym
to
gyue
hym
a
sercenet
typet
/
This
gentylman
more
lyberall
of
promyse
than
of
gyfte
graūtyn
hym
he
shold
haue
one
yf
he
wold
com
to
hys
lodgyng
to
the
synne
of
the
bull
wythout
byshops
gate
in
the
next
mornynge
at
.vi.
of
the
cloke
.
Thys
skoler
thankyd
hym
and
for
that
nyght
departyd
to
hys
lodgyng
in
flete
strete
/
and
in
the
mornyng
erely
as
he
poyntyd
cam
to
hym
to
the
sygne
of
the
bull
/
And
as
thys
gentlyman
saw
hym
he
bad
hym
go
wyth
hym
in
to●he
Cyte
and
he
sholde
be
sped
anon
whyche
incontynent
went
togyder
tyll
he
cam
in
to
seynt
Laurence
church
in
the
Iury
where
the
gentylman
espyed
a
preste
raue
〈…〉
to
masse
and
told
the
skoller
that
yonder
is
the
presse
that
hath
the
typet
for
you
and
bad
hym
knele
downe
in
the
pew
and
he
shold
speke
to
hym
for
it
and
incontynent
thys
gentylman
wente
to
the
preest
and
sayd
.
Sir
here
is
a
●●●ler
a
kynnysman
of
myne
gretly
dyseasyd
wyth
the
chyncough
.
I
pray
you
whan
masse
is
donne
gyue
hym
.iii.
●raughtys
of
your
chales
.
The
preest
grantyd
hym
and
tornyd
hym
to
the
ske●●r
and
sayd
Syr
I
shall
serue
you
as
sone
as
I
haue
sayd
masse
The
skoler
than
taryed
styll
and
herd
the
mas
trusting
than
whan
the
masse
was
done
that
the
pres●e
wold
gyue
hym
hys
typet
of
●arcenet
.
Thys
gentylman
in
the
meane
whyle
departyd
out
of
the
chyrche
Thys
preste
whan
mas
was
done
putte
wyne
in
the
chales
.
And
cam
to
the
●koler
knelyng
in
the
pew
profferyng
hym
to
drynk
of
the
chales
/
thys
scoler
lokyd
vpon
hym
and
musyd
&
sayd
why
master
person
wherfor●●fer
ye
me
the
chales
mary
quod
them
prest
for
the
gentylman
told
me
ye
were
●ysseayd
with
the
chyncough
&
prayd
me
therfor
that
for
amedecyne
yemight
drynk
of
the
chales
Nay
by
seynt
ma●●●●od
the
scoler
he
promysyd
me
ye
shulde
delyuer
me
a
typet
of
sarcenet
/
〈◊〉
●od
the
preest
he
spake
to
me
of
no
typet
but
he
desyred
me
to
gyue
yow
drynk
of
the
chales
for
the
chyncough
/
By
goddis
body
quod
the
scoler
he
is
as
he
was
euer
wont
to
be
but
a
mokkyng
wretch
and
euer
I
lyue
.
I
shall
quyte
hym
and
so
departid
out
of
the
church
in
great
anger
.
¶
By
thys
tale
ye
may
percyue
it
is
no
wysdom
for
a
man
to
truste
to
a
man
〈◊〉
do
a
thyng
that
is
contrary
to
hys
old
accustumyd
condycyons
AT
fortunid
ther
was
a
great
varyance
bitwen
the
bysshop
of
Norwych
&
one
mayster
Skelton
a
poyet
lauryat
In
so
much
that
the
bysshop
commaundyd
hym
that
he
shuld
not
come
in
hys
gatys
Thys
mayster
skelton
dyd
absent
hym selfe
for
a
long
seson
.
But
at
the
laste
he
thought
to
do
hys
dewty
to
hym
&
studyed
weys
how
he
myght
obtayne
the
bysshopys
fauour
/
&
determynyd
hem
self
that
he
wold
come
to
hym
wyth
some
present
&
humble
hymself
to
the
byshop
and
gat
a
cople
of
Fesantes
and
ca●●●o
the
byshuppys
place
&
requyryd
the
porter
he
myghte
come
in
to
speke
wyth
my
lord
.
This
porter
knowyng
his
lordys
pleasure
wold
not
suffer
him
to
come
in
at
the
gatys
wherfor
thys
mayster
skelton
went
on
the
baksyde
to
seke
some
other
way
to
come
in
to
the
place
.
But
the
place
was
motyd
that
he
cowlde
se
no
way
to
come
ouer
except
in
one
place
where
there
lay
a
long
tree
ouer
the
motte
in
maner
of
a
brydge
that
was
fallyn
down
wyth
wynd
/
wherfore
thys
master
skelton
went
a
long
vpon
the
tree
to
come
ouer
and
whan
he
was
almost
ouer
hys
fote
slyppyd
for
lak
of
sure
fotyng
&
fel
in
to
the
mote
vp
to
myddyll
:
but
at
the
last
he
recoueryd
hym self
and
aswell
as
he
coud
dryed
hym self
ageyne
/
and
sodenly
cam
to
the
byshop
beyng
in
hys
hall
than
lately
rysen
from
dyner
/
whyche
whan
he
saw
skleton
commyng
sodenly
sayd
to
hym
why
thow●aytyfe
I
warnyd
the
thow
shuldys
neuer
come
in
at
my
gaty●
and
chargyd
my
porter
to
kepe
the
out
¶
Forsoth
my
lorde
quod
skelton
though
ye
gaue
suche
charge
/
and
though
your
gatys
by
neuer
so
suerly
kept
yet
yt
ys
no
more
possible
to
kepe
me
out
of
your
dorys
than
to
kepe
out
crowes
or
pyes
for
I
cam
not
in
at
your
gatys
but
I
cam
ouer
the
mote
the
I
haue
be●
almost
drownyd
for
my
labour
/
and
shewed
hys
clothys
how
euyll
he
was
arayed
/
whych
causyd
many
that
stode
therby
to
laughe
apace
/
Than
quod
Skelton
yf
it
lyke
your
lordeshyp
I
haue
brought
you
a
dyshe
to
your
super
a
cople
of
Fesantes
.
Nay
quod
the
byshop
I
defy
the
&
thy
Fesantys
also
and
wrech
as
thou
art
pyke
the
out
of
my
how●e
for
I
wyll
none
of
thy
gyft
How
〈…〉
ton
than
consyderynge
that
the
bysshope
〈◊〉
●ym
●o●e
●o
o●●e
,
●ayd
to●●
of
his
famylyers
thereby
,
that
thoughe
it
were
〈◊〉
to
be
christened
a
fole
/
it
was
moche
worse
to
be
confyrmed
a
fole
of
inche
a
bysshoppe
/
for
the
n●●
of
confyrmacyon
muste
nedes
abyde
.
Therfore
he
●magened
howe
he
my●●
auoyde
that
confyrmacyon
/
&
mused
a
〈◊〉
●nd
at
the
laste
sayde
to
the
●●shope
thus
/
if
your
lordeshype
knewe
ther
●mes
of
these
fesantes
ye
wol●
contente
to
take
them
,
why
caytefe
quod
the
bisshoppe
hastly
and
angrey●●●
be
theyr
names
/
ywys
my
lorde
quod
Skelton
this
〈◊〉
is
called
〈◊〉
which
is
in
prim●●●
the
fyrst
/
&
this
is
called
O
that
is
〈◊〉
●●us
the
〈◊〉
for
th●●ore
pla●●
〈◊〉
standynge
of
my
mynde
/
if
to
〈◊〉
your
〈…〉
to
ta●●●●em
,
I
〈…〉
this
alpha
is
the
fyrste
that
〈…〉
this
〈◊〉
the
last
〈…〉
yll
gyue
you
whyle
.
I
lyue
〈…〉
swer●
〈…〉
laughter
,
and
,
all
th●●
〈…〉
to
be
good
●●de
〈…〉
conceyces
/
at
〈…〉
wente
the
〈…〉
vnto
his
〈…〉
¶
By
th
〈…〉
eytes
dothe
〈…〉
A
good
than
to
〈…〉
and
melancoly
.
〈…〉
yoman
of
the
kynges
〈…〉
a
vyllage
besyde
〈…〉
had
a
very
fayre
yonge
w●fe
/
&
●●●●home
a
carter
of
the
towne
〈…〉
lowe
resorted
and
●ay●
with
her
●●●ers
tymes
whan
her
husba●●
〈…〉
openly
knowen
that
all
the
towne
spake
thereof
/
〈…〉
nan
of
the
towne
well
a●quoint●d
with
this
yeman
〈…〉
suche
a
carter
hadde
●●●●e
by
his
wyfe
.
To
who●
〈…〉
sware
by
godde
goody
if
he
●●ette
with
him
it
〈…〉
●uod
the
yonge
〈◊〉
if
ye
go
streyght
euen
nowe
〈…〉
way
ye
〈…〉
lam
dryuyng
a
carte
laden
with
haye
towarde
Lon
〈…〉
wher
〈…〉
of
garde
incontynent
rode
after
this
carter
,
&
with
〈…〉
rte
space
〈…〉
him
and
knewe
him
well
ynoughe●
and
incontynent
〈…〉
he
carter
〈…〉
sayd
thus
.
Syrra
I
vnderstande
that
thou
doste
〈…〉
nyght
with
my
wyfe
whan
I
am
from
home
.
This
carted
beynge
no
〈…〉
●frayde
of
him
answered
ye
mary
what
than
.
what
than
quod
the
ye●
〈…〉
arde
/
by
g●●●es
harte
haddest
thou
nat
tolde
me
truth
I
wolde
haue
〈…〉
hede
.
And
〈◊〉
the
yeman
of
garde
retou●●ed
and
no
hurte
done
no
〈…〉
nor
proferred
.
¶
By
this
ye
〈◊〉
se
that
the
greattest
crakers
sometyme
whan
it
commeth
to
the
profe
be
moste
cowardes
.
A
Fole
there
was
that
dwelled
with
a
gentylman
in
the
countrey
whiche
was
called
a
great
tyraunte
and
an
extorcyoner
.
But
this
fole
loued
his
mayster
meruaylously
because
he
cherysshed
hym
so
well
.
I
〈◊〉
〈…〉
go
to
hell
/
by
my
trou●●
quod
che
fole
for
I
wyll
go
with
my
master
/
&
I
〈…〉
sure
my
master
shall
go
〈◊〉
hell
/
For
euery
man
seyth
he
shall
go
to
the
deuyl
〈…〉
and
therfore
I
wyll
go
thyder
with
hym
/
THere
was
a
certain
pl●●●ans
son
of
the
contrey
of
the
age
of
.xvi.
yeres
that
neuer
coni●
〈◊〉
amonge
company
but
alway
went
to
〈…〉
plough
&
husbandry
〈◊〉
tyme
this
yonge
lad
went
to
a
weddyng
〈…〉
with
his
f●der
where
he
se
one
lute
vpon
a
lute
/
&
whan
he
can
home
〈…〉
nygt
〈…〉
asked
hym
what
sporte
he
had
at
weddynge
This
〈…〉
by
my
trouth
moder
quod
he
there
was
one
that
brought
〈…〉
mes
and
tykled
her
so
vpon
the
neck
that
shecreky●
the
〈…〉
hard
gose
creke
in
my
lyfe
.
〈…〉
house
in
london
there
was
a
mayde
whiche
was
〈…〉
to
whom
the
maystres
of
the
house
cam
and
that
〈…〉
her
〈…〉
the
fader
of
the
chylde
/
To
whom
the
〈…〉
●wered
for●●●
〈…〉
/
why
quod
the
maystres
it
is
not
〈…〉
●ble
but
som
ma●
〈…〉
fader
therof
/
To
whom
the
mayd
〈…〉
maystres
why
〈…〉
a
chyld
without
a
man
as
well
as
〈…〉
●ay
eggys
without
a
cock
.
〈…〉
may
ye
se
it
is
harde
to
●ynde
a
wom●●●●ithout
a●
excuse
.
〈…〉
●entylman
there
was
dw●●lynge
nygh
kyng●
〈…〉
●ynge
in
the
contrey
wit●●is
seruauur
whi●●
〈…〉
qu●●kyst
felowe
/
But
to
〈◊〉
always
sadly
by
〈…〉
wordys
/
〈◊〉
mayster
sayd
to
〈…〉
so
s●●dly
I
wolde
ha●●
the
tell
me
some
〈…〉
tyme
with
/
by
〈◊〉
●uch
mayster
quod
he
I
can
tell
〈…〉
quod
mayster
canst
〈◊〉
not
synge
/
no
by
m●
trou●he
quod
〈…〉
neuer
synge
in
all
my
lyfe
/
quod
the
master
cast
thou
〈…〉
my
〈…〉
master
quo●●●
I
can
not
but
yf
ye
wyll
begyn
to
〈…〉
folow
〈…〉
as
I
can
/
by
my
trouth
quod
the
mayster
that
is
well
〈…〉
wyll
be
〈…〉
to
make
a
ry●●e
let
me
se
h●●●
well
thou
canst
folowe
〈…〉
whyle
and
then
began
to
tyme
thus
/
Many
〈…〉
in
temmys
and
so
do
myne
.
¶
●●n
quod
the
seruant
/
And
many
〈…〉
by
other
mennys
wyues
and
so
〈◊〉
.
I
by
thyne●
what
dost
thou
〈…〉
the
master
/
by
my
trouthe
mayster
n●thynge
quod
he
but
make
〈…〉
but
qu●d
the
mayster
I
charge
the
〈◊〉
why
thou
saye●●●
forsoth
〈…〉
quod
he
for
nothynge
in
the
worlde
out
to
make
vp
your
tyme
/
Than
quod
the
mayster
/
yf
thou
do●st
fornothynge
ellys
I
am
content
.
So
the
mayster
for
gaue
hym
hys
saynge
all
thoughe
he
sayd
trouthe
peraduenture
.
〈…〉
uoure
to
his
seruant
/
and
commaunded
his
〈◊〉
at
shortely
to
〈…〉
answere
.
This
welcheman
came
to
the
chefe
〈◊〉
place
/
&
〈…〉
an
ape
syttynge
there
in
a
cote
made
for
hym
as
they
vse
to
〈…〉
disporte
.
This
welcheman
dyd
of
his
ca●pe
●●nd
made
curtsy●
〈…〉
sayd
.
My
mayster
recommendeth
hym
to
〈◊〉
lorde
youre
〈…〉
hym
here
a
letter
.
This
ape
toke
this
〈◊〉
&
opened
it
and
〈…〉
after
loked
vpon
the
man
makynge
many
mockes
and
〈…〉
tyes
of
apes
is
to
do
.
This
welcheman
because
●e
vnd●●●
〈…〉
agayne
to
his
mayster
accordynge
to
his
commaunde●●
〈…〉
delyuered
the
letter
vnto
my
lorde
chefe
iustyce
sonne
〈…〉
in
a
furred
cote
.
Anone
his
mayster
asked
hym
what
〈…〉
sayd
he
gaue
hym
an
answere
,
but
it
was
other
frenche
〈…〉
stode
him
nat
.
But
syr
quod
he
ye
nede
nat
to
feare
〈◊〉
sav●●
,
〈…〉
naunce
so
moche
that
I
warrante
you
he
wyll
do
your
〈…〉
lorde
〈◊〉
ther.
This
gentylman
in
truste
thereof
ma●e
〈…〉
For
lac●●●●herof
his
seruaunte
that
had
done
the
felony●
,
〈…〉
after
w●●
rayned
at
the
kynges
benche
and
caste
and
afterwarde
●anged
〈…〉
this
ye
may
se
that
euery
wyse
man
ought
to
take
hede
that
〈…〉
●●sshe
seruaunte
vpon
a
hasty
message
that
is
a
matter
〈…〉
〈…〉
●owe
there
was
whiche
profered
a
dagger
to
sell
to
a
fe
〈…〉
●hiche
answered
him
and
sayd
that
he
had
ryght
nought
〈…〉
therfore
/
wherefore
the
other
sayde
that
he
shulde
haue
hys
da●
〈…〉
●●dicyon
that
he
shulde
gyue
and
delyuer
vnto
hym
/
Therfore
〈…〉
dayes
after
ryghte
nought
,
or
els
forty
shylly●iges
〈◊〉
money
/
whe●●●
〈…〉
other
was
contente
.
Thys
bergayne
thus
agreed
he
that
shulde
〈…〉
ryght
noughte
toke
no
thoughte
vntyll
suche
tyme
that
the
day
〈…〉
drewe
nye
.
At
the
whiche
tyme
he
began
to
ymagen
howe
he
myght
〈…〉
this
man
ryght
nought
:
And
fyrst
of
all
he
thought
on
a
feder
/
a
〈…〉
●yness
poynte
/
and
suche
other
/
but
nothynge
coulde
he
deuyse
but
that
it
was
somwhat
/
wherefore
he
came
home
all
sadde
and
pe●●tyfe
for
sorowe
of
le●ynge
of
his
.xl.
shillynges
/
and
coulde
nother
slepe
nor
tak●
reste
/
wherof
his
wyfe
beynge
agreued
,
demaunded
the
cause
of
his
heu●nes
whiche
at
the
last
after
many
denayes
tolde
her
all
/
well
fyr
quod
she
lette
me
here
with
alone
/
and
gette
ye
forthe
a
towne
and
I
shall
handell
this
matter
〈◊〉
ynoughe
.
This
man
folowynge
his
wyfes
counsell
went
forthe
of
the
〈…〉
This
man
be●●ge
glad
thrust
his
hande
in
it
supposyng
to
haue
〈…〉
●●ynges
of
money
and
thruste
his
hande
thoroughe
it
vp
to
the
〈…〉
the
wyfe
than
●●yr
what
haue
ye
there
.
Mary
quod
he
ryghte
〈…〉
she
than
haue
〈◊〉
youre
bergayne
and
than
thy
husbande
〈…〉
for
his
dagge●●●●●ordynge
to
his
promyse
.
〈…〉
se
that
oftentymes
a
womans
wytte
at
an
extremyte
〈…〉
than
a
mans
.
〈…〉
●●tayne
lymyttour
whyche
wents
a
lymyttynge
to
a
cer●●●●
〈…〉
●herein
dwelled
a
certayne
ryche
man
,
of
whome
he
ne●●●●
〈…〉
she
value
of
an
halpeny
/
yet
he
thought
he
wolde
go
thy
〈…〉
assaye
them
.
And
as
he
wente
thyderwarde
the
wyfe
stan
/
〈…〉
per●●●yuynge
hym
commynge
a
farre
of
/
thoughte
that
he
〈…〉
the●
/
and
by
and
by
ranne
in
and
badde
her
chyldren
standyng
〈…〉
asked
for
her
say
she
was
nat
within
.
The
frere
〈…〉
suspected
the
cause
and
came
to
the
dore
and
asked
for
〈…〉
chyldren
as
they
were
bydden
,
sayde
that
she
was
nat
within
/
●han
stode
he
styll
lokynge
on
the
chyldren
/
and
at
the
laste
he
〈…〉
hym
〈◊〉
●ldyste
and
badde
hym
let
hym
se
his
hande
/
&
whan
he
〈…〉
hande
/
O
Iesu
quod
he
what
fortune
for
the
is
ordayned
.
〈…〉
●●econde
sonne
to
se
his
hande
/
and
his
hande
sene
the
frere
sayd
.
〈…〉
for
the
is
prepared
/
Than
loked
he
in
the
thyrde
sonne
〈…〉
quod
be
thy
desteny
is
hardest
of
all
/
&
therwith
wente
he
his
〈…〉
th●se
thinges
,
sodenly
ranne
out
and
called
the
frere
aga●●
〈…〉
him
to
〈…〉
/
and
after
to
sytte
downe
,
and
sette
before
〈…〉
that
she
had
/
And
whan
he
had
well
eaten
&
dronken
she
〈…〉
all
her
the
destenyes
of
her
chyldren
/
which
at
the
last
after
many
〈…〉
her
that
the
fyrste
shulde
be
a
begger
/
the
seconde
a
thefe
/
the
thy
〈…〉
●●ouncyde
/
whiche
she
hearynge
fell
downe
in
a
soone
and
toke
it
gre●●●
〈…〉
The
frere
comforted
her
and
said
that
thoughe
these
were
theyr
〈…〉
here
myght
be
remedy
had
/
than
she
besought
him
of
his
counsell
/
thing
〈◊〉
the
frere
ye
m●st
make
the
eldest
that
shal
be
a
beggar
a
frere
,
and
the
〈◊〉
●hat
shal
be
a
these
a
man
of
lawe
/
and
the
thyrde
that
shal
be
an
homicyd●●●
ph●sicyon
.
¶
By
this
tale
ye
may
lerne
that
they
that
w●ll
come
to
the
spe●●●
o●
presence
of
any
persone
for
theyr
owne
cause
they
muste
fyrste
●●deuer
them selfe
to
shewe
suche
matters
as
those
persones
most
〈…〉
.
〈…〉
wente
the
man
〈…〉
and
sayd
,
syr
thy
mayster
byddeth
the
gyue
me
.xl.
pens
/
I
wyll
ne●●
quod
the
boye
/
than
called
the
man
wich
an
hye
voyce
to
the
frere
and
sayd
yr
he
sayeth
he
wyll
nat
/
than
quod
them
frere
bete
him
/
and
whan
th●
boye
harde
his
mayster
say
so
he
gaue
the
man
.xl.
pens
.
¶
By
this
ye
may
se
it
is
foly
for
a
man
to
say
ye
or
nay
to
a
〈◊〉
,
excepte
he
knewe
surely
what
the
matter
〈◊〉
A
Certayne
bocher
dwelynge
in
say●●
N●colas
Flessham●●les
in
L●ndon
called
Poule
,
had
a
seruaunt
called
Peter
.
Thy●●
Pe●er
●n
〈◊〉
sonday
was
at
the
churche
herynge
masse
,
&
〈◊〉
o●
us
felow
〈…〉
name
was
Philyppe
spencer
was
sente
to
call
him
at
the
〈…〉
his
maister
.
So
it
happened
at
the
tyme
that
the
curat●
〈…〉
inh●●
sermonde
touched
many
auctoryties
of
the
holy
scrip
〈…〉
all
the
wordes
of
the
pystell
of
saynt
Poule
and
phylyppenses
〈…〉
be
●nat
onely
bounde
to
beleue
in
chryste
,
but
also
to
suffre
for
Chryste●
sake
and
sa●●
〈◊〉
wordes
in
the
pulpet
.
what
sayeth
Poule
and
Philyppenses
to
this
.
Thys
yonge
man
that
was
called
Philyppe
Spenser
hadde
went
he
had
spoken
of
him
,
answered
shortely
and
sayd
/
mary
syr
he
bad
Peter
come
home
and
take
his
parte
of
a
podynge
,
for
he
shulde
go
for
a
calfe
anone
.
The
curate
herynge
this
was
abasshed
and
all
the
audyence
made
great
laughter
.
¶
By
this
tale
ye
may
lerne
that
it
is
no
token
of
a
wyse
man
to
gyue
a
soden
answere
to
a
questyon
before
he
knowe
surely
what
the
matter
is
.
THere
came
a
courtyer
by
a
carter
,
the
whiche
in
derysy●
〈◊〉
the
carters
backe
,
legges
,
&
other
membres
of
his
body
meru●yl●●sly
,
whose
gestynge
the
carter
perceyued
and
sayde
/
he
had
another
properte
than
the
courtyer
espyed
in
hym
/
and
whan
the
courtyer
had
demaunded
what
it
shulde
be
/
he
loked
asyde
ouer
hys
shulder
vpon
the
courtyer
and
sayde
thus
.
Lo
syr
this
is
my
propertie
/
I
haue
a
walle
eye
in
my
hede●
/
for
I
neuer
loke
ouer
my
shulde●
this
wyse
,
but
lyghtlye
espye
a
knaue
.
¶
By
this
tale
a
man
may
se
that
he
that
vseth
to
d●●yde
&
moc●●
〈◊〉
folkes
is
somtyme
him selfe
more
deryded
and
mocked
.
A
yonge
man
of
the
age
of
.xx.
yere
rude
&
vnlerned
in
the
tyme
of
〈…〉
to
his
curate
to
be
confessed
,
whiche
whan
he
was
of
his
lyfe
〈…〉
and
examyned
/
coulde
nat
saye
his
Pater
noster
;
wherefore
hys
●●nfestoure
exorted
him
to
lerne
his
Pater
noster
,
and
shewed
him
what
an
holy
&
goodly
prayer
it
was
/
and
the
effecte
●●erof
/
and
the
.vii.
peticyons
therin
contayned
〈…〉
alway
and
helpe
vs
as
we
haue
and
〈…〉
y●
haue
〈…〉
.v.
Dunitte
:
〈◊〉
Forgyue
vs
our
synnes
done
to
the
●s
we
forgyue
th●n
.
that
●●espas
agaynste
vs
.
The
.vi.
Et
ne
nos
.
Let
vs
nat
be
ouer●o●●●●
〈…〉
emptacyon
.
The
.vii.
Sed
libera
.
&c.
But
delyuer
vs
from
al
〈…〉
And
th●n
his
confessour
after
this
exposicyon
to
hym
made
in
〈…〉
in
●enaunce
to
faste
euery
fryday
brede
and
water
tyll
he
had
his
〈…〉
and
sufficiently
l●rned
.
This
yonge
man
mekely
acceptyng
his
penau●●●
〈◊〉
departed
and
came
home
to
one
of
his
companyons
and
sayde
〈…〉
So
●tis
〈◊〉
my
gostely
father
hathe
gyuen
me
in
penaunce
to
〈…〉
water
tyll
I
can
say
my
Pater
noster
.
Therfore
〈…〉
Pater
noster
/
and
by
my
truthe
I
shall
therfore
teche
〈…〉
that
shall
be
worthe
.xx.
of
it
.
〈…〉
ye
may
lerne
to
knowe
the
effecte
of
the
holy
prayer
of
〈…〉
.
A
L●erta
〈…〉
there
was
whiche
vpon
our
Lady
day
the
Annuncya●ion
〈◊〉
a
sermon
in
the
whyte
freres
in
London
/
and
began
his
antet●●●●
,
his
wyse
.
Aue
maria
gracia
plena
dominus
tecum
.
&c.
These
wordes
quod
the
frere
were
spoken
by
the
aungell
Gabryell
to
our●
ladye
whan
she
conceyued
Christe
/
which
is
as
moche
to
saye
in
our
mother
tonge
,
as
all
hayle
Mary
well
thou
be
the
sonne
of
●od
is
with
the.
And
furthermore
the
aungell
sayde
/
thou
shalte
conceyue
a●●
here
a
sonne
.
And
thou
shal●e
call
his
●aine
Iesum
/
and
Elyzabeth
thy
swete
cosyn
,
she
shall
conceyue
the
swet●
saynt
Iohn
.
And
so
proceded
styll
in
his
sermon
in
suche
fonde
ryme
,
that
dyuers
a●d
many
gentylmen
of
the
court
that
were
there
,
began
to
smyle
and
laugh●
.
●he
frere
that
perceyung
said
thus
.
Maysters
I
pray
you
harke
I
shall
tell
you
a
narracyon
.
There
was
ones
a
yonge
pre●st
that
was
nat
all
the
best
clerke
sayd
masse
&
redde
a
colelt
thus
.
Deus
qui
vigenti
filii
tui
.
&c.
wherfore
he
shulde
haue
said
vnige●●ti
filii
tui
.
&c.
And
after
whan
masse
was
done
there
was
suche
a
gentylman
as
one
of
you
are
nowe
the
had
herde
thys
masse
came
to
the
prsest
and
sayde
thus
,
Syr
I
pray
you
tell
me
howe
many
〈◊〉
had
god
alm
ghty
/
qd
the
preest
why
aske
you
that
.
Mary
syr
quod
the
gentyl
〈◊〉
suppo●e
he
had
.xx.
sonnes
/
for
ye
said
ryght
nowe
,
Deus
qui
viginti
f●●tu●
.
The
preest
perceyuynge
howe
that
he
deryded
hym
/
answered
hym
sh●●●●ly
and
said
thus
/
howe
many
sonnes
so
euer
●od
almyghty
had
/
I
〈◊〉
that
thou
arte
none
of
them
/
for
thou
scornyst
the
worde
of
god
/
And
so
sayde
the
frere
in
the
pulpet
,
No
more
are
●e
none
of
the
chyldren
of
god
/
for
ye
scorne
&
laughe
at
me
nowe
that
preche
t
you
the
worde
of
god
/
whiche
〈…〉
&
〈…〉
holyest
matter
that
is
by
fond
pronuncyacion
&
●tteraūs
may
be
〈◊〉
/
nor
shall
not
edytye
to
the
audyence
.
Therfore
euery
proces
wold
be
v●●eryd
wyth
wordys
&
countenaunce
conuenyent
to
the
matter
¶
Also
yet
by
thys
tale
they
that
be
vnlernyd
ni
the
laten
tonge
may
know
the
●e●tence
of
the
Aue
Maria.
IN
a
wyllage
in
warwyk
shyre
there
was
a
parysh
prest
all
though
he
wer
no
great
clarke
nor
grad●at
of
the
vnynersyte
/
yet
he
●rechid
to
hys
paryshons
vppon
a
s●●aday/●●claryng
to
th●●
xii
.
artycles
of
the
Crede
.
Shewyng
them
that
●he
furst
〈◊〉
was
to
be●●●●
god
the
fader
almyghty
maker
of
heuen
and
erth
.
〈◊〉
T●
bele●●●
〈◊〉
cryste
hys
onely
son
our
lorde
coequal
wyth
the
fa●●●●
in
all
●yngys
〈…〉
to
the
deyte
.
The
thyrd
that
he
was
conceyuyd
〈…〉
Borne
●f
the
vyrgyn
Mary
.
The
fourthe
that
he
suffred
deth
〈…〉
pylate
/
and
that
he
was
crucyfyed
dede
and
beryed
/
The
fyft
that
〈…〉
to
h●●
and
fet
out
the
good
sowlys
that
were
in
feyth
&
hope
/
and
tha●●
〈…〉
rose
from
deth
to
lyfe
.
The
syxt
he
assendyd
into
heuen
to
●he
ryght
〈◊〉
of
god
the
fader
where
he●●●ccyht
.
The
seuynth
that
he
shall
come
at
the
day
of
dome
to
Iudge
both
vs
that
be
〈◊〉
and
them
that
be
dede
The
eyght
to
belue
in
the
holy
gost
eqaoll
god
w●●●h
the
fader
and
the
sone
The
nynth
in
the
holy
churche
Catholyk
and
in
the
〈◊〉
communyon
of
sayntes
.
The
tenth
In
the
remyssy
on
of
synnys
.
The
le●●nth
In
the
resurreccyon
generall
of
the
body
&
soule
The
twel●th
/
in
euer●●stynge
lyfe
that
god
shall
rewarde
them
th●●●e
good
/
And
say
〈◊〉
hys
par●shons
further
that
these
artycles
ye
be
boun●●
to
beleue
〈◊〉
they
●●●trewe
of
●uctoryte
/
¶
And
yf
you
beleue
not
me
/
th●●●
for
a
more
su●●te
and
●uff●cyent
●ucto●yte
/
go
your
way
to
couentre
&
〈◊〉
y●
shall
se
them
〈…〉
corpus
cristi
playe
.
¶
By
redyn●e
of
thys
tale
they
that
vnderstand
〈◊〉
laten
may
lerue
to
〈…〉
●●ticles
of
the
fayth
.
〈…〉
of
the
gray
freres
in
London
〈◊〉
prechyd
in
a
cer●●●la●
〈◊〉
in
the
contrey
in
the
tyme
or
●●●lymytacyon
/
&
had
〈…〉
mon
whych
he
had
lernyd
by
〈…〉
of
the
〈…〉
of
the
〈…〉
/
The
fyrst
to
beleue
in
one
〈◊〉
to
〈◊〉
aboue
all
〈…〉
to
swere
not
in
vane
by
him
nor
none
of
〈…〉
from
worldely
operacyon
on
the
〈◊〉
thou
and
〈…〉
thou
haste
cherg
/
The
fourthe
to
●●●ur
thy
parentys
〈◊〉
to
●●pe
the
〈◊〉
theyr
necessyte
.
The
fyft
to
sle
no
man
in
dede
nor
wyll
/
nor
for
no
ha●●●
hurt
his
bodye
nor
good
name
.
The
〈◊〉
to
do
no
fornycacyon
actuall
/
〈◊〉
by
no
vnlefull
thought
to
desyre
no
fleshly
delectacyon
/
The
seuenthe
to
〈◊〉
nor
depryue
no
mannes
goodes
by
the●●●
〈…〉
desyre
thy
neyghbours
wyfe
for
thyne
owne
apetyte
vnlaufully
.
〈◊〉
becau●e
this
frere
had
preched
this
sermonde
so
often
/
one
that
had
herde
it
bef●●e
tolde
the
freres
seruaunte
that
his
maister
was
called
frere
Iohn
.x.
commaundementes
wherfore
this
seruaunte
shewed
the
frere
his
mayster
therof
,
and
aduyset
〈◊〉
to
preche
some
sermonde
of
some
other
matter
,
for
it
greued
him
to
here
his
maister
so
deryded
,
and
to
be
called
frere
Iohn
.x.
commaundementes
/
for
euery
man
knoweth
what
ye
wyll
●ay
as
sone
as
euer
ye
begyn
,
because
ye
haue
preched
it
so
ofte
/
why
than
q●od
the
frere
I
am
sure
thou
knowest
well
which
●●e
the
.x.
commaundementes
●hat
hast
herde
them
so
ofte
declared
/
ye
〈◊〉
the
seruau●●●e
that
I
do
.
Than
qd
the
frere
I
pray
the
reherse
them
〈◊〉
nowe
.
A
〈◊〉
quod
the
seruaunte
these
be
they
.
Pryde
,
couetous
,
slouthe
,
enuy
,
wr●●●●●l●●ony
,
and
Lechery
.
¶
By
〈…〉
ale
ye
may
lerne
to
knowe
the
.x.
●●maund●●mentes
〈…〉
.
dedely
synnes
.
THe
husba●●
〈◊〉
sayde
to
his
wyfe
thus
wyse
/
by
this
〈…〉
I
dremed
thys
nyght
that
I
was
cockecolde
.
To
whome
she
〈…〉
sayd
husbande
.
By
this
brede
ye
are
none
.
Than
sayd
he
,
〈…〉
the
brede
.
She
answered
and
sayd
to
her
husb●●de
〈◊〉
eate
you
the
●●●●dell
for
you
sware
fyrste
.
¶
By
this
a
man
may
se
that
a
woma●
〈…〉
A
woman
demaunded
a
〈…〉
●nto
a
man
〈…〉
●●awe
of
what
cra●te
his
〈…〉
whiche
thy
〈…〉
,
his
father
was
a
●●actye
man
of
lawe
.
¶
By
this
tale
a
man
may
perceyue
that
somtyme
●●raduenture
ydnge
.
In●●centes
speke
truely
vnaduy●ed
.
IN
a
certayne
parrysshe
churche
in
London
after
the
olde
●●●udable
&
accustomed
maner
,
there
was
a
frere
mynor
all
thoughe
he
were
nat
the
best
clerke
nor
coulde
nat
make
the
best
sermondes
/
yet
by
the
lycence
of
the
curate
he
there
preched
to
the
parysshons
.
Amonge
the
whyche
●●dyence
there
was
a
wyfe
at
th●●
tyme
lytell
disposed
to
contemplacyon
talked
wyth
〈…〉
of
hers
of
o●her
femenyne
tales
so
loude
/
the
the
frere
harde
,
and
som
what
was
p●●●urbed
therwith
.
To
whome
therfore
openly
the
frere
spake
and
sayd
.
Th●u
woman
there
in
the
tawny
gowne
,
holde
thy
peace
and
leaue
thy
babe●●●g●●
,
〈◊〉
troublest
the
worde
of
god
.
This
woman
therwith
sodenly
abas●●ed
because
the
frere
spake
to
her
so
openly
the
〈◊〉
●he
people
her
behelde
,
answered
shortly
&
said
.
I
beshrowe
his
harten
the
ba●eleth
more
of
vs
two
.
At
the
which
seyng
the
people
dyd
laughe
because
they
fe●●e
but
lytell
frute
in
hys
sermonde
.
¶
By
this
tale
a
man
may
lerne
to
be
w●re
howe
he
openly
rebuketh
any
other
and
in
what
audyence
lest
it
torne
to
his
owne
reprofe
.
〈…〉
they
toke
many
great
interpry●es
and
many
〈◊〉
,
and
many
pr●●oners
〈◊〉
other
realmes
that
were
theyr
enemyes
.
Amonge
the
whiche
they
h●ppened
on
a
season
to
take
a
Scottes
shepe
,
and
dyuers
Scottes
they
●●ewe
and
toke
prisoners
/
amonge
whome
there
was
a
welcheman
that
had
one
of
the
scottes
prysoners
and
bad
him
that
he
shulde
do
of
his
harneys
/
whiche
to
do
the
Scotte
was
very
lothe
/
howe
be
it
for
〈◊〉
at
the
laste
he
pulled
it
of
with
an
euyll
wyll
and
sayd
to
the
welcheman
,
&
if
thou
wylte
〈◊〉
my
harneys
take
it
there
,
and
cast
it
ouer
the
borde
into
the
see
.
〈◊〉
●●cheman
seynge
that
sayd
/
by
Cottes
blut
and
her
nayle
,
I
shall
make
〈◊〉
it
agayne
and
toke
him
by
the
legges
and
caste
hym
after
ouer
the
bord●
〈…〉
.
¶
By
this
tale
a
man
may
lerne
that
he
that
is
〈…〉
ought
to
forsake
his
owne
wyll
,
and
folowe
his
〈◊〉
and
co●mundement
that
so
hathe
subieccyon
ouer
him
,
les●●●
turne
to
h●s
great
hurte
and
damage
.
THere
was
a
man
that
maryed
a
woman
whiche
had
〈…〉
beautie
/
howe
be
it
she
had
suche
an
impedyment
of
nature
that
〈◊〉
was
domme
and
coulde
nat
speke
/
whiche
thinge
made
him
to
be
〈◊〉
pen●syfe
and
sadde
/
wherfore
vpon
a
day
as
he
walked
alone
ryght
〈◊〉
harte
,
thynkynge
vpon
his
wy●●
.
There
came
one
to
him
and
asked
hym
what
was
the
cause
of
his
heuynesse
,
whiche
answered
that
it
was
onely
because
his
wife
was
borne
domme
.
To
whome
this
other
sayde
I
shall
shewe
the
sone
a
remedye
and
a
medecyne
(
therfore
that
is
thus
)
.
Go
take
an
aspen
leaf
and
laye
it
vnder
her
tonge
this
nyght
she
beynge
a
slep●
,
and
I
warante
the
that
she
shall
speke
on
the
morowe
/
whiche
man
beynge
glad
of
this
medecyne
prepared
therfore
,
and
gathered
aspen
leaues
/
wherfore
he
layde
thre
of
them
●nder
her
tonge
whan
she
was
a
slepe
.
And
on
the
morowe
whan
he
hym selfe
awaked
,
he
pe●●rous
to
knowe
howe
his
medecyne
wrought
beynge
in
bedde
with
her
,
he
demaunded
of
her
howe
she
dyd
/
and
sodenly
she
answered
and
sayd
,
I
beshrowe
your
harte
for
wakenynge
me
so
erly
/
and
so
by
the
vertue
of
that
medecyne
she
was
restored
to
her
speche
:
But
in
conclusyon
her
speche
so
en●●eased
day
by
day
,
and
she
was
so
curste
of
condycyon
that
euery
daye
she
b●●uled
and
chydde
with
her
hushande
,
so
moche
that
at
the
laste
he
was
more
●e●ed
and
hadde
moche
more
trouble
and
disease
with
her
shrewde
wordes
than
he
hadde
before
whan
she
was
dome
/
wherfore
as
he
walked
another
tyme
〈◊〉
he
happened
to
meate
agayne
with
the
same
persone
that
taughte
〈…〉
I
praye
you
teche
me
a
medecyne
to
modefye
her
that
she
speke
nat
so
moche
.
This
other
answered
and
sayd
thus
.
Syr
I
am
a
deuyll
of
hell
/
but
I
am
one
of
them
that
haue
leste
power
there
.
All
be
it
yet
I
haue
power
to
make
a
woman
to
speke
/
●ut
and
if
a
woman
begyn
ones
to
speke
/
I
nor
all
the
deuyls
in
hell
that
haue
the
mo●●
power
be
nat
able
to
make
a
woman
to
be
styll
,
nor
to
cause
her
to
leaue
her
spekynge
.
¶
By
this
tale
ye
may
note
that
a
man
ofte
tymes
desyreth
and
co
/
ueteth
t●●oche
that
thynge
that
ofte
turneth
to
his
displeasure
.
ONe
asked
a
p●●actour
of
the
arches
lately
before
maryed
,
why
he
chose
hym●●
lytell
a
wyfe
/
whiche
answered
because
he
had
a
texte
sayenge
〈◊〉
thus
.
E
〈◊〉
bus
malis
minus
malus
est
eliendum
,
that
is
to
saye
in
englysshe
/
amonge
eu●ll
thinges
the
leste
is
to
be
chosen
.
●N
the
tyme
of
Lente
there
came
two
nonnes
to
saynte
Iohnns
in
London
bycau●●
of
the
great
pardon
there
to
be
confessed
.
Of
the
whyche
nonnes
,
the
one
was
a
yonge
lady
and
the
other
was
olde
.
This
yonge
●ady
chose
fyrst
her
confessour
,
and
confessed
her
that
she
hadde
synned
in
Lethery
.
The
confessour
asked
with
whome
it
was
/
she
sayd
it
was
with
a
lustye
〈◊〉
gallante
.
He
demaunded
where
it
was
/
she
sayd
in
a
pleasaunte
grene
herber
,
he
asked
further
whan
it
was
.
She
sayd
in
the
mery
moneth
of
Maye
.
Than
sayd
the
confessour
this
wyse
/
a
fayre
yonge
lady
with
a
lusty
galante
,
in
a
pleasaunte
herber
and
in
the
mery
moneth
of
Maye
ye
dyd
but
your
kynde
/
nowe
by
my
truthe
god
forgyue
you
and
I
do
,
and
so
she
departed
.
And
incontynent
the
olde
nonne
mette
with
her
,
askynge
her
howe
she
lyked
her
con
〈◊〉
/
whiche
sayd
he
was
the
best
gostly
father
that
euer
she
hadde
,
and
the
moste
easyest
in
penaunce
geuyng
.
For
comfort
wherof
this
other
nonne
went
to
the
same
confessour
,
and
shroue
her
lykewyse
the
she
had
synned
in
Lechery
.
And
he
demaunded
with
whome
,
whiche
sayde
with
an
olde
frere
/
he
asked
where
,
she
said
in
her
olde
cloyster
.
He
asked
what
season
,
she
sayde
in
Lente
.
Than
the
confessour
sayd
,
and
olde
hore
to
lye
with
an
olde
frere
in
her
olde
cloyster
,
and
in
the
holy
tyme
of
Lente
/
by
cockes
body
if
god
forgyue
the
,
yet
wyll
I
neuer
forgyue
the.
whiche
wordes
caused
her
to
departe
all
sadde
and
sore
abasshed
.
¶
By
this
tale
men
may
lerne
that
a
vicyous
acte
is
more
ab●omynable
in
one
person
than
in
another
,
in
one
season
than
in
another
,
and
in
one
place
than
in
an
other
.
〈…〉
to
blowe
/
a
yonge
squyer
of
Englande
rydyinge
on
a
●ul●●
courser
,
of
why●●
horse
the
noyse
of
the
trumpettes
so
prycked
the
●●urage
that
the
squyer
cou●
nat
hym
retayne
/
so
that
agaynste
hys
wyll
he
ranne
vpon
hys
enemyes
whyche
squyer
seynge
none
other
remedy
set●e
hi●
spere
in
the
rest
,
and
rode
throughe
the
thyckest
of
hys
enemyes
〈◊〉
all
conclusyon
had
good
fortune
and
saued
hym selfe
alyue
without
hurt
/
and
the
〈◊〉
●onste
folowe●
and
had
the
victorye
.
And
ofter
whan
the
〈…〉
this
kynge
Edwarde
called
the
squyer
/
and
〈…〉
wolde
make
hym
knyght
because
he
valyauntely
was
the
mant●a●
day
〈…〉
couragyous
〈◊〉
●ake
aduentured
fyrste
vpon
theyr
enemye●
〈◊〉
●home
the
squyer
thus
answered
,
if
it
lyke
youre
grace
to
ma●ke
〈…〉
fore
/
I
beseche
you
to
make
my
horse
knyght
and
na●●mn
〈…〉
his
dede
and
nat
myne
/
and
full
sore
agaynste
my
wy●●
〈…〉
were
the
kynge
herynge
refrayned
to
promote
hym
to
the
order
of
〈…〉
purynge
him
in
maner
but
for
a
cowarde
/
and
euer
after
fauo●●●
〈…〉
be
lisse
therfore
.
¶
By
this
tale
a
man
may
lerne
howe
it
is
wysedo●
〈…〉
in
good
credence
to
kepe
hym
therein
,
and
in
no
wyse
to
,
〈…〉
,
selfe
to
moche
.
A
yonge
man
late
maryed
to
a
wyfe
thought
it
was
good
pole●●e
to
gette
the
maystrye
of
her
in
the
begynnynge
.
Came
to
her
the
potte
sethynge
ouer
the
fyre
,
all
thoughe
the
meate
therein
were
nat
ynoughe
/
sodenlye
commaunded
her
to
take
the
potte
fro
the
fyre
/
whiche
answered
and
〈◊〉
,
that
the
meate
was
nat
redy
to
eate
.
And
he
said
agayne
I
wyll
haue
it
taken
of
for
my
pleasure
.
This
good
woman
lothe
yet
to
offende
hym
,
sette
the
potte
besyde
the
fyre
as
he
badde
.
And
anone
after
he
commaunded
her
to
sette
the
potte
behynde
the
dore
,
&
she
said
agayne
ye
be
nat
wyse
therin
.
But
he
precysely
said
it
shulde
be
so
as
he
bad
.
And
she
gentylly
agayne
dyd
his
commaundement
.
This
man
yet
nat
satiffyed
cōmauūded
her
to
set
the
pot
a
hygh
vpon
the
henne
roste
/
what
qd
the
wyfe
I
trowe
ye
be
madde
.
And
he
fyerslye
than
commaunded
her
to
sette
it
there
or
els
he
sayd
she
shulde
repente
it
.
She
somwhat
afrayde
to
moue
his
pacyence
toke
a
ladder
&
sette
it
to
the
rost
,
and
wente
her selfe
vp
the
ladder
and
toke
the
potte
in
her
hande
prayeng
her
husbande
than
to
holde
the
ladder
faste
for
slydynge
whiche
so
dyd
.
And
whan
the
hu●●●●de
loked
vp
and
sawe
the
potte
stande
there
on
hyght
he
sayd
thus
.
Lo
nowe
standeth
the
potte
there
as
I
wolde
haue
it
.
This
wyfe
hearynge
〈…〉
AL●●tayne
confessour
in
the
holy
tyme
〈…〉
saye
dayly
for
his
pen●●ure
this
prayer
.
Agnus
●e●
miserere
me●
,
whiche
was
as
moche
th
saye
●nengly
she
as
the
lambe
of
god
haue
mercye
vpon
me
.
This
penytence
acceptynge
his
penaunce
departed
/
and
that
tyme
twelfe
monthe
after
came
agay●●e
〈◊〉
confessed
of
the
same
confessour
whiche
demau●●ed
of
him
whether
he
had
fulfylled
his
penaunce
that
he
hym
enioyned
the
laste
〈…〉
say
he
thus
,
ye
syr
I
thanke
god
I
haue
fulfylled
it
.
For
I
haue
sa●●●hu●●●●daye
in
the
mornynge
and
so
dayly
/
the
shepe
of
god
haue
mercy
〈◊〉
me
.
To
whome
the
confessour
said
.
〈◊〉
●ad
the
say
Agnus
〈…〉
mei
,
that
is
the
lambe
of
god
haue
merc●
〈…〉
:
ye
syr
quod
〈…〉
ye
say
truthe
that
was
the
laste
yere
.
But
nowe
it
is
a
tw●●le●
〈…〉
it
is
a
shepe
by
this
tyme
.
Therfore
I
muste
nedes
say
no
〈…〉
of
●od
haue
mercy
vpon
me
.
〈…〉
ye
may
perceyue
that
if
holy
scripture
be
expowned
〈…〉
lay
people
onely
in
the
lytterall
sence
.
Peraduenture
it
shall
〈…〉
lytell
good
.
I
〈…〉
dyuers
to
be
in
communicacyon
,
amonge
whome
there
was
a
〈…〉
a
parysshe
pr●est
/
and
one
Iohn
Dawe
a
parisshon
of
his
whiche
.
●
.
had
communicacyon
more
busy
than
other
in
thys
maner
.
This
pre●st
thought
that
one
myght
not
by
felynge
knowe
one
from
a nother
in
the
darke
.
Iohn
dawe
his
parysshone
of
the
contrarye
opinyon
layde
with
his
curate
for
a
wager
.xl.
pence
/
wherupon
the
parysshe
preest
wyllynge
to
proue
his
wager
wente
to
this
Iohn
dawes
house
in
the
euenynge
and
sodenly
gate
〈◊〉
to
bedde
with
his
wyfe
where
whan
he
began
to
be
somwhat
busye
/
she
felynge
his
crowne
sayde
shortely
with
a
loude
voyce
/
by
god
thou
arte
nat
Iohn
dawe
.
That
hearynge
her
hushand●
answered
,
thou
sayest
trouthe
wyfe
I
am
here
Iohn
dawe
.
Therfore
mayster
persone
gyue
me
the
money
for
ye
haue
loste
your
.xl.
pence
.
¶
By
this
tale
ye
may
lerne
to
perceyue
that
it
is
no
wysedome
for
a
man
for
the
couetous
of
wynnynge
of
any
wager
to
put
in
ieopardye
a
thynge
that
maye
turne
him
to
greatter
displeasure
.
A
Ryche
Frankelyn
in
the
countrey
hauynge
by
his
wyse
but
one
●ylde
and
no
mo
,
for
the
great
affeccyon
that
he
had
to
his
sayd
chylde
founde
hyin
at
Oxforde
to
scole
by
the
space
of
.ii.
or
.iii.
yere
.
Thys
yonge
scoler
in
a
vocacyon
tyme
for
his
disporte
came
home
to
his
father
〈◊〉
●ortuned
afterwarde
on
a
nyght
,
the
father
,
the
mother
,
and
the
sayd
yonge
scoler
〈…〉
in
the
dysshe
〈◊〉
thre
chekyns
.
Mary
sayde
the
father
that
wolde
I
fayne●e
.
The
scoller
toke
one
of
the
chekyns
in
his
〈◊〉
and
said
.
Lo
here
is
one
chekyn
,
and
incontynente
he
toke
bothe
the
chekyns
in
his
hande
io●ntely
and
sayd
,
here
is
.ii.
chekyns
/
and
one
and
.ii.
maketh
.iii.
Ergo
here
is
.iii.
chekyns
.
Than
the
father
toke
one
of
the
chekyns
to
him selfe
&
gaue
another
to
his
wyfe
&
sayd
thus
.
Lo
I
wyll
haue
one
of
the
●hekyns
to
my
parte
,
&
thy
mother
shal
haue
a nother
,
and
because
of
thy
good
argumente
thou
shaire
haue
the
thyrde
to
thy
supper
,
for
thou
gettyst
no
more
meate
here
at
this
tyme
/
whyche
promyse
the
father
kepte
and
so
the
scoller
wente
without
his
supper
.
¶
By
this
tale
men
may
se
that
it
is
great
f●●ly
to
put
one
to
scole●
lerne
any
subtyll
scyence
whiche
hathe
no
nature
,
●●wytre
.
A
Frere
of
London
there
was
that
on
a
sonday
in
six
mornynge
yerly
in
the
somer
season
came
fro
London
to
Barnette
t●
make
a
co●●cyon
/
&
was
there
an
houre
before
hye
masse
began
,
and
bycause
he
wolde
come
to
the
churche
honestly
/
he
wente
fyrst
to
an
ale
house
there
to
wype
his
shoes
and
to
make
him selfe
clenly
.
In
the
whyche
house
there
were
podynges
to
sell
/
and
dyuers
folkes
there
brekynge
theyr
faste
and
eatynge
podynges
.
But
the
frere
brake
his
faste
in
a
secrete
place
in
the
same
house
.
This
frere
sone
after
came
to
the
churche
,
and
by
lycence
of
the
curate
entered
into
the
pulpet
to
make
a
colacyon
or
sermon
.
And
in
his
sermon
there
he
rebuked
sore
the
maner
of
them
that
vsed
to
breke
theyr
faste
on
the
sonday
before
hye
masse
&
said
it
was
called
the
deuyls
blacke
brekefast
.
And
with
that
worde
spekynge
as
he
dyd
caste
his
armes
out
to
make
his
countenaunce
,
there
fell
a
podyng
out
of
his
sleue
/
whiche
he
hym selfe
had
stolen
a
lytell
before
in
the
same
ale
house
/
and
whan
the
people
sawe
that
and
specially
they
that
brake
theyr
faste
there
the
same
mornynge
and
knewe
well
that
the
wyfe
had
complayned
howe
she
had
one
of
her
podynges
stolen
/
they
laughed
so
moche
at
the
frere
that
he
incontynente
wente
downe
out
of
the
pulpet
for
shame
.
¶
By
this
tale
a
man
may
se
that
whan
a
precher
dothe
rebuke
any
synne
or
vyce
wherin
he
is
knowen
openly
to
●●egyltie
him selfe
/
suche
prechynge
shall
lytell
edefye
to
the
people
.
A
Certayne
scoler
there
●as
intendynge
to
be
made
a
pre●●
,
whyche
hadde
nother
great
〈◊〉
nor
lernynge
came
to
the
byss●oppe
to
take
orders
/
whose
folysshenes
the
bysshoppe
perceyuynge
b●●●use
he
was
a
ryche
mannes
sonne
wold●
nat
very
strongly
appose
him
but
asked
him
thys
〈…〉
scoler
to
departed
and
came
home
to
his
father
&
shewed
hym
the
cause
of
the
hynderaunce
of
his
orders
.
Hys
father
beyng
angry
at
his
folisshenes
thought
to
teche
hy●
the
solucyon
of
this
questyon
by
a
famylyer
example
,
and
called
his
●pan●ess
before
hym
and
sayd
thus
.
Thou
knowest
well
Colle
my
dogge
hathe
these
.iii.
whelpes
,
ryg
,
trygge
,
and
tryboll
.
Muste
nat
all
my
dogges
nedes
be
syre
to
tryboll
.
Than
quod
the
scoler
by
god
father
ye
sayd
trouthe
let
me
alone
nowe
,
ye
shall
se
my
do
well
ynoughe
the
nexte
tyme
.
wherefore
on
the
mo●●
we
he
wente
to
the
bysshoppe
agayne
and
sayd
he
coulde
soyle
his
questyon
.
Than
sayd
the
bysshoppe
,
Noye
had
thre
sonnes
,
Sem
,
Came
,
and
Iaphete
.
Nowe
tell
m●
who
was
Iaphetes
father
,
mary
syr
quod
the
scoler
〈◊〉
youre
l●●deshyppe
colle
my
fathers
dogge
.
¶
〈…〉
tale
a
man
may
lerne
that
it
is
but
loste
tyme
to
teche
a
〈◊〉
thinge
whiche
hathe
no
wytte
to
perceyue
it
.
IT
●ortuned
so
that
a
frere
late
in
the
euenynge
desyred
●●dgynge
of
a
poore
man
of
the
countrey
,
the
whiche
for
lacke
of
other
lodgyng
glad
to
harborowe
the
frere
lodged
him
in
his
owne
bedde
.
And
after
he
and
his
wyfe
.
The
frere
beynge
a
slepe
came
and
laye
in
the
same
bedde
.
And
in
the
mornynge
after
the
poore
man
rose
and
went
to
the
market
leauyng
the
frere
in
the
bedde
with
his
wyfe
/
And
as
he
wen●e
he
smyled
and
laughte
to
hym selfe
.
wherfore
hys
neyghbours
demaunded
of
hym
why
he
so
smyled
/
he
answered
and
sayd
I
laughe
to
thynke
howe
shamefaste
the
frere
shal
be
whanne
he
waketh
,
whome
I
lefte
in
bedde
with
my
wyfe
.
¶
By
this
tale
a
man
may
lerne
that
he
that
ouershoteth
hym selfe
dothe
folysshely
,
yet
he
is
more
fole
to
shewe
it
openly
.
SOmtyme
there
dwelled
a
preest
in
Stretforde
vpon
auyne
of
small
lernyng
which
vndeuoutly
sange
masse
,
and
oftentymes
twyse
on
one
day
/
so
it
happened
on
a
tyme
after
his
seconde
masse
was
done
in
shorte
space
nat
a
myle
from
Stretforde
/
there
mette
with
hym
dyuers
merchaunte
men
whiche
wolde
hau●
harde
masse
/
and
desyred
hym
to
synge
masse
and
he
shulde
hau●
a
grote
,
whiche
answered
them
and
sayd
.
Syrs
I
wyll
say
masse
no
more
th●s
day
/
but
I
wyll
say
you
two
gospels
for
one
grote
,
and
that
is
●ogge
chepe
●
masse
in
any
place
in
Englande
.
¶
By
this
tale
a
man
may
se
that
they
that
be
rude
and
vnlerned
regarde
but
lytell
the
meryte
and
goodnes
of
holy
prayer
.
〈…〉
the
frere
〈◊〉
so
drowned
and
gone
,
say
〈…〉
herte
thou
shuldest
haue
taryed
and
foug●●●
〈…〉
haste
caused
me
lese
an
halpeny
for
my
fare
.
¶
By
thys
tale
a
man
may
se
that
〈…〉
and
cruell
company
,
shall
lose
that
〈…〉
passyon
vpon
his
neyghbour
〈…〉
A
Precher
in
pulpet
whiche
preched
the
wo●●
〈…〉
matters
spake
of
mennes
soules
,
●nd
sayd
〈…〉
subtyll
that
a
thousande
soules
myght
daunce
.
〈…〉
mannes
fynger
.
Amonge
which
audyence
there
was
a
〈…〉
concey●●
〈…〉
of
small
deuocyon
that
answered
and
sayde
thus
.
Ma●●ter
●ortour
〈…〉
thousande
soules
may
daunce
on
a
mannes
nayle
,
〈…〉
we
you
than
●he●
shall
the
pyper
stande
.
¶
By
this
tale
a
man
may
se
that
it
is
but
foly
to
shewe
or
〈◊〉
vertue
to
them
that
haue
no
pleasure
nor
mynde
therto●
〈…〉
IN
London
there
was
a
certayne
artifycer
hauyng
a
feyre
●●fe
to
whom
a
lusty
galante
made
pursute
to
accomplisshe
his
pleasure
.
This
woman
denyeng
shewed
the
matter
vnto
her
husbande
,
whiche
moued
there
with
bad
his
wyfe
to
appoynte
him
a
tyme
to
come
secretely
to
lye
with
her
all
nyght
/
And
with
great
crakes
and
othes
sware
,
that
agaynst
his
lyfe
except
comyng
he
wolde
be
redy
harneysed
&
wolde
put
him
m●a●●pardye
of
his
comynge
/
he
wolde
make
hym
a
great
amendes
.
Thys
nyghte
was
them
appoynted
/
at
whiche
tyme
this
courtyer
came
at
hys
houre
&
entred
in
at
the
chamber
,
and
set
his
two
handesworde
downe
and
sayde
these
wordes
Stande
shou
there
thou
sworde
the
dethe
of
thre
men
.
This
husbande
lyenge
vnder
the
bedde
it
hatneys
herynge
these
wordes
lay
styll
for
fere
.
The
courtyer
anone
gate
him
to
bed
with
the
wyfe
about
this
prepensed
busynesse
.
And
within
an
houre
〈◊〉
two
the
husbande
beynge
wery
of
lyenge
beganne
to
remoue
hym
.
The
courtyer
that
hearynge
asked
the
wyfe
what
thinge
that
as
that
remoued
unde●
the
bedde
,
whiche
excusyng
the
matter
said
it
was
a●●●tell
shepe
the
〈◊〉
●●ont●
dayly
to
go
about
the
house
.
And
the
husbande
that
herynge
a
〈◊〉
●●●yed
ble
a●
it
had
ben
a
shepe
.
And
so
in
conclusyon
whan
the
courtyer
〈◊〉
hys
tym●
he
rose
and
kyssed
the
wyfe
&
toke
his
leaue
and
departed
.
〈◊〉
sone
as
h●
was
gone
the
husbande
arose
,
and
whan
the
wyfe
loked
on
and
somwhat
●basshed
began
to
make
as●●d
countenaunce
and
sayde
/
alas
syr
why
dyd
〈◊〉
〈…〉
〈…〉
the
is
nat
wyse
that
wyll
put
his
con●●dence
〈…〉
crakers
whiche
ofte
tymes
wyll
do
but
ly●
〈…〉
poynte
.
〈…〉
in
his
shope
that
sawe
a
colyer
come
by
,
〈…〉
because
he
was
so
blacke
/
and
asked
hym
what
〈…〉
and
howe
the
deuyll
fared
.
To
whome
the
〈…〉
whan
I
sawe
hym
laste
/
for
he
was
rydynge
〈…〉
souter
to
plucke
on
his
botes
.
〈…〉
may
se
that
he
that
vseth
to
deryde
other
folkes
,
is
somtyme
〈◊〉
more
deryded
and
mocked
.
I
Fynde
〈◊〉
●monge
olde
gestes
howe
god
made
saynt
Peter
porter
of
〈…〉
that
god
of
his
goodnes
sone
after
hys
passyon
suffered
〈◊〉
men
to
come
to
the
kyngdome
of
heuen
with
small
deseruynge
,
at
〈…〉
tyme
〈◊〉
was
in
heuen
a
great
company
of
welchemen
,
whyche
with
theyr
〈◊〉
babelynge
troubled
all
the
other
.
wherfore
god
sayde
to
saynte
Peter
〈◊〉
the
was
wery
of
them
,
and
that
he
wolde
fayne
haue
them
out
of
heuen
To
whome
saynte
Peter
sayd
,
Good
lorde
I
warrente
you
that
shal
be
shortly
done
/
wherfore
saynt
Peter
wente
out
of
heuen
gates
and
cryed
wich
a
loude
voyce
,
Cause
bobe
.
That
is
as
moche
to
saye
,
as
rosted
these
/
whiche
thynge
the
welchemen
herynge
ranne
out
of
heuen
a
great
pace
.
And
w●an
saynt
Peter
sawe
them
all
out
he
sodenly
wente
into
heuen
and
locked
the
dore
and
so
sparred
all
the
welchemen
out
.
¶
By
this
y●
may
se
that
it
is
no
wysdo●●
or
a
man
to
loue
or
to
set
his
mynde
to
moche
vpon
any
delycate
or
worldely
pleasure
wherby
he
shall
lose
the
celestyall
and
eternall
ioye
.
Two
knyghtes
there
were
whiche
wente
to
a
standynge
fylde
with
theyr
prynce
/
but
one
of
them
was
confessed
before
he
wente
/
but
the
other
wente
into
the
fell●
without
shryfte
or
repentaunce
.
Afterwarde
thys
●ryme
〈◊〉
the
fylde
●had
the
victory
that
day
/
wherfore
he
that
was
con●●ssed
came
●o
the
prynce
and
asked
an
offyce
and
sayd
that
he
had
deserued
it
,
●r
he
●ad
d●ne
good
seruice
and
aduentured
that
day
as
●arre
●s
any
man
in
●e
felde
to
whome
the
other
that
was
vnconfessed
answer●●
and
sayd
.
Nay
the
masse
I
am
more
worthy
to
haue
a
rewarde
than
he
/
for
he
aduentured
〈◊〉
his
body
for
your
sake
,
for
he
durst
nat
go
to
th●
felde
tyll
he
was
confessed
/
〈…〉
he
had
lefte
fewe
or
none
behynde
him
/
wherfore
〈…〉
&
wyst
not
〈…〉
said
〈…〉
wolde
/
&
the
next
〈…〉
that
some
curatys
that
loke
full
holy
〈◊〉
but
〈…〉
.
A
welcheman
on
a
tyme
went
to
chirche
to
〈…〉
to
come
in
〈◊〉
farryng
time
when
he
had
〈…〉
he
went
home
wher
one
of
his
felowes
askyd
hym
〈…〉
alimighty
to
day
which
answerd
&
sayd
nay
but
I
〈…〉
¶
By
this
ye
may
se
that
they
be
〈…〉
deuocyon
to
prayer
and
ve●tew
.
VPon
a
tyme
certayn
women
in
the
countrye
were
〈…〉
and
mokke
a
frere
a
limitour
that
vsyd
moche
to
〈…〉
wherupon
one
of
them
a
lytll
before
that
the
frere
came
〈…〉
&
for
dysport
leyd
it
vnder
the
borde
after
the
maner
of
a
corse
〈…〉
frere
it
was
her
good
man
and
dylyrd
hym
to
say
dirige
for
his
〈…〉
fore
the
frere
and
his
felaw
began
.
Placebo
and
Dirige
/
and
so
〈…〉
the
seruyse
full
deuowtly
/
which
the
wyues
so
heryng
coud
not
〈…〉
them selfe
from
lawghynge
/
and
wente
in
to
a
lytyll
parler
to
lawgh●
〈…〉
at
theyr
pleasure
.
These
freris
somwhat
suspected
the
cause
and
〈…〉
that
the
women
were
ware
lokyd
/
vnder
the
boide
and
spyed
that
〈…〉
hog
sodenly
toke
it
bytwene
them
and
ba●e
it
homedard
as
fast
as
they●
〈…〉
The
women
seyng
that
ran
after
the
frere
&
cryed
com
agayn
maeste●
〈…〉
come
agayne
and
let
it
allone
/
nay
by
my
fayth
qoud
the
frere
he
is
〈…〉
of
ours
and
therfore
he
muste
nedys
be
buryed
in
oure
cloyster
an●
〈…〉
the
frerys
gate
the
hog
.
¶
By
this
ye
may
se
that
they
that
vse
to
deride
and
mok
other
〈…〉
tyme
it
tornyth
to
theyre
own
losse
and
damage
.
A
Certayn
prest
there
was
that
dwellyd
in
the
cuntry
which
was
〈…〉
very
well
lernyd
Therfore
on
Ester
euyn
he
sent
his
boy
to
〈…〉
of
the
next
town
that
was
.ii.
myle
from
thens
to
know
〈…〉
he
sholde
synge
on
the
morowe
.
This
boy
came
to
the
sayd
prest
and
〈…〉
may●ers
errande
to
hym
.
Then
quod
the
prest
tel
thy
mayster
that
〈…〉
〈…〉
shuld
synge
on
the
morowe
.
By
my
trothe
〈…〉
forgotten
it
/
but
he
bad
me
tell
you
it
began
〈…〉
I
trowe
thou
sayst
trewth
for
now
I
remem
〈…〉
/
for
god
almighty
dyed
vpon
good
fry
/
〈…〉
soule
.
〈…〉
one
fole
sendyth
a nother
fole
on
hys
〈…〉
ys
folyshly
sped
.
〈…〉
which
had
studied
the
iudicials
of
astronomy
/
〈…〉
rydyng
by
the
way
which
came
by
a
herdinā
and
〈…〉
how
far
it
was
to
the
next
town
/
syr
quod
the
herd
〈…〉
past
a
mile
and
an
half
but
six
quod
he
ye
nede
to
ride
〈…〉
a
showre
of
rayn
or
ye
com
thider
what
quod
the
skoler
/
〈…〉
herdman
but
ye
shall
fynd
it
so
The
skoler
then
rode
forth
〈…〉
had
ryden
half
a
myle
forther
there
fell
a
good
showre
of
〈…〉
was
well
washyd
&
wett
to
the
skyn
the
sokler
then
tornyd
〈…〉
rode
to
the
herdman
and
desyryd
him
to
tech
him
that
conn●●●●
〈…〉
the
herdman
I
wyll
not
tech
you
my
connynge
for
nought
than
〈…〉
de
hym
.
xl
.
shyllyngys
to
teche
hym
that
connynge
the
herd
〈…〉
he
had
reseyuyd
hys
money
sayd
thus
Syr
se
you
not
yonder
〈…〉
with
the
whyte
face
yes
quod
the
skoler
.
Suerly
quod
the
herdman
〈…〉
daunsith
and
holdith
vp
her
tayle
ye
shall
haue
a
showre
of
rayn
with
〈…〉
an
howre
after
.
¶
By
this
ye
may
se
that
the
connyng
of
herdmen
&
she
pardes
as
touchinge
alteracyons
of
weders
is
more
sure
than
the
iudicials
of
Astronomy
/
IN
a
certayne
town
there
was
a
rych
man
that
lay
on
his
deth
bed
at
poynte
of
deth
whyche
chargyd
hys
executours
to
dele
for
hys
soule
a
certayne
some
of
money
in
pence
and
on
this
condicion
that
gyd
them
as
they
wolde
answere
afore
God
that
euery
pore
man
that
cam
to
them
and
told
a
trew
tale
shulde
haue
a
peny
and
they
that
said
a
fals
thing
shuld
haue
none
/
and
in
the
dole
tyme
there
came
one
whych
sayd
that
god
was
a
good
man
/
quod
the
executors
thou
shalt
haue
a
peny
for
thou
saist
crouth
.
Anone
came
a nother
and
said
the
deuil
was
a
good
man
quod
the
executou●●
there
thou
lyest
therfore
thou
shalt
haue
nere
a
peny
.
At
laste
came
one
to
the
executors
and
said
thus
ye
shall
gyue
me
nere
a
peny
which
wordes
made
the
executors
amasyd
and
toke
aduysment
whyther
th●●●●ld
A
〈…〉
howe
he
agreed
with
his
wyfe
,
for
he
sayd
〈…〉
she
coude
neuer
agre
,
by
god
quod
the
other
〈…〉
I
pray
the
howe
so
.
Mary
qd
the
other
I
shall
tell
〈…〉
mery
,
&
whan
I
am
sad
she
is
sad
/
for
whan
I
go
〈…〉
to
go
from
her
and
so
is
she
/
&
whan
I
〈…〉
ON
the
tyme
of
visytacyon
a
bysshoppe
〈…〉
and
had
gote
many
chyldren
/
prepared
〈…〉
what
rule
he
kepte
,
whiche
preest
had
a
〈…〉
and
by
her
had
two
or
thre
small
chyldren
in
shorte
〈…〉
shoppes
cominynge
he
prepared
a
rowme
to
hyde
〈…〉
ouer
in
the
rofe
of
his
hall
.
And
whan
the
bysshope
〈…〉
in
the
same
hall
hauynge
.x.
of
his
owne
chyldren
about
〈…〉
coude
speke
lytell
latyn
or
none
,
had
the
bysshoppe
in
〈…〉
Comode
episcope
.
This
woman
in
rofe
of
the
house
hear
〈…〉
so
,
had
went
he
had
called
her
byddynge
her
come
Ede
,
and
〈…〉
and
sayd
/
shall
I
brynge
my
chyldren
with
me
also
.
The
byssh●●●
〈…〉
this
sayde
in
sporte
,
vxor
tua
sicut
vitis
abundans
in
lateribu●
〈…〉
The
preest
than
halfe
amasyd
answerd
and
sayd
.
Filij
tui
sicut
〈…〉
rum
in
circuitu
mense
tue
.
¶
By
this
ye
may
se
that
they
that
haue
but
small
lernyng
somtyme
speke
truely
vnaduysed
.
ON
asshe
wednysday
in
the
mornynge
was
a
curate
of
a
churche
whych
,
had
made
good
chere
the
nyght
afore
&
sytten
vp
late
/
and
came
to
the
churche
to
here
confessyon
,
to
whome
there
came
a
woman
/
and
among
other
thynges
she
confessed
her
that
she
had
stolen
a
potte
.
But
than
because
of
great
watche
that
this
preest
had
,
he
there
sodenly
felle
a
slepe
.
And
whan
this
woman
sawe
him
nat
wyllynge
to
here
her
,
she
rose
and
went
her
waye
.
And
anone
an
other
woman
kneled
downe
to
the
same
preest
and
began
to
say
Benedicite
/
wherwith
this
preest
sodenly
awaked
wenynge
she
had
ben
the
other
woman
&
sayd
all
angerly
/
what
arte
thou
nowe
at
Benedicite
agayne
,
tell
me
what
dyddest
thou
whan
thou
haddest
stolyn
the
potte
.
SOne
after
one
maister
whyttington
had
bylded
a
colege
on
a
nyght
as
he
slepte
he
dremed
that
he
satte
in
his
church
&
many
folkes
there
also
/
And
further
he
dremed
the
he
sawe
our
lady
in
the
same
church
with
a
glas
of
goodly
oyntemente
in
her
hande
goynge
to
one
askynge
him
what
he
had
done
for
●●●●ke
,
whiche
sayd
that
he
had
sayd
our
ladyes
sauter
euery
daye
/
wherfore
she
gaue
him
a
lytell
of
the
oyle
.
And
anone
she
wente
to
another
,
〈…〉
college
and
was
very
g●a●●e
〈◊〉
hys
〈◊〉
.
〈…〉
hym
,
she
asked
him
what
he
hadde
suffred
for
her
〈…〉
greatly
abasshed
because
he
had
nothynge
to
〈…〉
that
for
all
the
great
dede
of
buyldynge
of
〈…〉
that
goodly
oyntemente
.
〈…〉
to
suffre
for
goddes
sake
is
more
〈…〉
gyue
great
goodes
.
〈…〉
appoynted
to
go
on
visytacyon
to
a
preestes
〈…〉
haue
the
preest
do
but
lytell
coste
vpon
him
,
〈…〉
lytell
meate
,
sayenge
thus
in
latyn
.
Preparas
〈…〉
preest
whyche
vnderstode
hym
nat
halfe
well
had
〈…〉
/
wherfore
he
thoughte
to
obtayne
the
bysshoppes
〈…〉
the
bysshoppes
commynge
kylled
his
horse
that
was
〈…〉
the
bysshoppe
and
his
seruauntes
ete
parte
/
whiche
〈…〉
knewe
afterwarde
was
greatly
displeased
.
〈…〉
this
ye
may
se
that
many
a
fole
dothe
moche
coste
in
makyng
〈…〉
dyners
,
whiche
hathe
but
lytell
thanke
for
his
laboure
.
〈…〉
dwellynge
in
Englande
fortuned
to
stele
an
Englysshemans
〈…〉
set
it
on
the
fyre
to
sethe
/
wherefore
this
englysheman
suspectyng
〈…〉
welcheman
,
came
to
his
house
&
sawe
the
cocke
sethyng
on
the
fyre
and
〈…〉
thus
.
Syr
this
is
my
cocke
.
Mary
qd
the
welcheman
&
〈…〉
shalte
haue
thy
parte
of
it
.
Nay
qd
the
englyssheman
that
〈…〉
.
By
cottes
blut
and
her
nayle
qd
the
welcheman
if
her
be
nat
yn●●ghe
nowe
,
her
will
be
ynoughe
anone
for
her
hath
a
good
fyre
vnder
her
.
CErtayne
of
vycars
of
Poules
disposed
to
be
mery
on
a
sonday
at
hye
masse
tyme
,
sente
another
madde
felowe
of
theyr
acquointaunce
vnto
a
folysshe
dronken
preest
to
gyue
hym
a
bottell
/
whiche
man
mette
with
the
preest
vpon
the
toppe
of
the
stayres
by
the
chauncell
dore
and
spake
to
him
and
sayd
thus
.
Syr
my
mayster
hathe
sente
you
a
bottell
to
put
your
drynke
in
because
he
can
kepe
none
in
youre
braynes
.
This
preest
therwith
beynge
very
angry
/
all
sodenly
toke
the
bottell
and
with
his
fote
flange
it
downe
into
the
body
of
the
churche
vpon
the
gentylmens
hede
.
A
Certayne
Iury
in
the
countye
of
Myddelsex
was
enpaneld
for
the
kynge
to
●nquere
of
all
endytementes
,
murders
,
and
felony●s
.
The
persones
of
thys
panell
were
folysshe
couetous
and
vnlerned
/
for
who
so
euer
wolde
gyue
them
a
grote
,
they
wolde
assyne
&
verifye
〈◊〉
whether
it
were
true
or
fals
without
any
profe
or
euydence
/
wherefore
one
that
was
〈…〉
●yn
as
was
〈…〉
which
byll
whan
it
was
presented
into
the
〈…〉
said
openly
before
all
the
people
.
Lo
syrs
〈…〉
presented
by
any
enquest
/
for
here
they
haue
〈…〉
lyng
of
an
asse
/
whiche
whan
the
people
harde
it
,
〈…〉
&
to
wonder
at
the
folysshenes
&
shamefull
periur●
〈…〉
¶
By
this
ye
may
se
it
is
great
parell
to
〈…〉
equest
whiche
be
folysshe
and
haue
but
〈…〉
IN
a
certayne
parrysshe
a
frere
preched
/
&
〈…〉
that
rode
on
the
sonday
,
euer
lokyng
vpon
〈…〉
spurred
redy
to
ryde
.
This
man
perceyuy●
〈…〉
hym
sodenly
halfe
in
angre
,
answered
the
frere
〈…〉
moche
agaynste
them
that
ryde
on
the
sonday
/
for
〈…〉
on
Palme
sonday
,
as
thou
knowest
well
it
is
wrytten
〈…〉
whome
the
frere
sodenly
answered
and
sayd
thus
.
But
〈…〉
therof
,
was
he
nat
hanged
on
the
fryday
after
/
whiche
〈…〉
in
the
churche
fell
on
laughynge
.
THere
was
a
certayne
man
that
had
two
sonnes
〈…〉
For
the
eldyst
was
lustye
and
quycke
and
vsed
〈…〉
walke
into
the
fyldes
.
Than
was
the
yonger
slowe
and
〈…〉
to
lye
in
his
bed
as
longe
as
he
myght
.
So
on
a
day
the
elder
〈…〉
roseerly
&
walked
into
the
fyldes
,
&
there
by
fortune
he
founde
a
〈…〉
&
〈◊〉
it
home
to
his
father
.
His
father
whan
he
had
it
wente
〈…〉
to
hys
〈◊〉
yet
lyenge
than
in
his
bed
,
&
sayd
to
him
.
O
thou
sloga●●
quod
he
,
seyst
thou
not
thyne
eldest
brother
howe
he
by
hys
erly
rysynge
had
founde
a
purse
with
money
,
whereby
we
shall
be
greatly
holpen
all
our
lyfe
/
whyle
thou
sluggynge
in
thy
bedde
dost
thou
no
good
but
slepe
.
He
than
wyst
nat
what
to
say
,
but
answered
shortly
and
said
/
father
quod
he
if
he
that
hathe
loste
the
purse
and
money
had
lyne
in
his
bedde
that
same
tyme
that
he
loste
it
as
I
do
nowe
,
my
brother
had
founde
no
purse
nor
money
to
day
.
¶
By
this
ye
may
se
that
they
that
be
accustomed
in
vyce
&
synne
wyll
alwaye
fynde
one
excuse
or
other
to
cloke
therewith
theyr
vyce
and
vnthryfty●s
.
A
Certayne
wyfe
there
was
whiche
was
somwhat
fayre
and
as
all
women
be
that
be
fayre
was
somwhat
proude
of
her
beautye
/
and
as
she
and
her
mayde
satte
together
she
as
one
that
was
desyrous
to
be
praysed
sayd
to
her
thus
.
I
faythe
Ione
howe
thynkest
thou
/
am
I
nat
a
fayre
wyfe
/
yes
by
my
trouth
maistres
qd
she
,
ye
be
the
fayrest
that
euer
was
excepte
〈…〉
place
,
whyche
lorde
than
hadde
〈…〉
lorde
than
asked
this
Northen
man
〈…〉
●yens
qd
the
northen
man
the
I
dare
,
for
I
〈…〉
retayned
him
into
his
seruyce
.
So
after
it
〈…〉
go
fyghte
with
his
enemyes
with
whome
also
〈…〉
shortly
was
smytten
in
the
hele
with
an
arowe
,
〈…〉
downe
almost
dede
,
wherfore
one
of
his
felowes
〈…〉
all
harte
and
for
so
lytell
a
stroke
in
the
he
le
nowe
〈…〉
he
answered
and
sayde
,
by
goddes
sale
I
as
〈…〉
helys
,
and
all
.
Therfore
ought
nat
one
to
feare
whan
〈…〉
.
〈…〉
sowne
there
was
a
wife
somwhat
aged
that
had
beryed
〈…〉
whose
name
was
called
Iohn
/
whome
she
loued
so
ten
/
〈…〉
,
that
after
hys
dethe
she
caused
an
ymage
of
tymber
〈…〉
and
persone
as
lyke
to
hym
as
coude
be
/
whiche
ymage
〈…〉
her
bedde
,
and
euery
nyghte
she
caused
her
mayde
to
〈…〉
and
lay
it
in
her
bedde
and
called
it
olde
Iohn
.
Thys
〈…〉
prentyse
whose
name
was
Iohn
/
whiche
Iohn
wolde
fayne
〈…〉
maystres
,
nat
for
no
great
pleasure
,
but
onely
for
her
good
〈…〉
ryche
.
wherefore
he
ymagened
howe
he
myght
obtayne
hys
〈…〉
speke
to
the
mayde
of
the
house
and
desyred
her
to
lay
hym
in
his
〈…〉
for
one
nyghte
in
stede
of
the
pycture
/
and
promysed
her
a
〈◊〉
re●●rde
for
her
laboure
.
whyche
mayde
ouer
nyghte
w●pped
the
sayd
yonge
man
in
a
shete
and
layde
hym
in
his
maysters
bedde
as
she
was
wonte
to
laye
the
pycture
.
Thys
wydowe
was
wonte
euery
nyght
before
she
slepte
and
dyuers
tymes
whan
she
waked
to
kysse
the
sayde
pycture
of
olde
Iohn
.
wherefore
the
sayde
nyghte
she
kyssed
the
sayde
yonge
man
,
beleuynge
that
she
hadde
kyste
the
pycture
.
And
he
sodenly
starte
and
toke
her
in
his
armes
,
and
so
well
pleased
her
than
/
that
olde
Iohn
from
thens
forthe
was
clene
out
of
her
mynde
,
and
was
contente
that
this
yonge
Iohn
shulde
lye
with
her
styll
all
that
nyghte
/
and
that
the
pycture
of
olde
Iohn
shulde
lye
styll
vnder
the
bedde
for
a
thynge
of
noughte
.
¶
After
thys
in
the
mornynge
thys
wydowe
intendynge
to
please
this
yonge
Iohn
whyche
hadde
made
her
so
good
pastyme
all
the
nyght
,
bad
her
mayde
go
dresse
some
good
mete
for
their
brekefast
to
feaste
therwith
her
yonge
Iohn
.
This
mayde
whan
she
had
longe
sought
for
wode
to
dresse
the
said
mete
,
tolde
her
maystres
the
she
coude
fynde
no
wode
the
was
drye
except
onely
the
pycture
of
olde
Iohn
the
lyeth
vnder
the
bed
/
〈…〉
and
from
thens
forth
yong
Iohn
occupye
〈…〉
A
Certayn
merchaunt
&
a
〈…〉
at
dyner
hauyng
a
hote
custerd
〈…〉
somwhat
homely
of
maner
〈…〉
in
hys
mouth
whych
was
so
hote
that
it
〈…〉
chaunt
lokyng
on
him
thought
that
he
had
〈…〉
he
wept
/
this
curtear
not
wyllynge
to
be
〈…〉
mouth
with
the
hote
custerd
answerd
&
said
sir
〈…〉
a
brother
which
dyd
a
certayn
offence
wherfore
he
〈…〉
think
now
vppon
his
deth
it
makith
me
to
wepe
/
〈…〉
had
said
trew
and
anon
after
the
merchaunt
was
disposid
to
〈…〉
&
put
a
sponefull
of
it
in
his
mouth
&
brent
his
mouth
also
the
〈…〉
this
courtear
the
perseyuing
spake
to
the
merchaunt
&
seyd
sir
〈…〉
why
do
ye
wepe
now
.
The
merchaunt
ꝑseyuid
how
he
had
〈…〉
&
said
/
Mary
quod
he
I
wepe
because
thou
wast
not
〈…〉
ther
was
hangyd
.
A
yong
man
the
was
desirous
to
haue
a
wif
cam
to
a
company
〈…〉
losofers
which
wer
gadirid
to
gider
reqrig
them
to
gyf
〈…〉
ō
how
he
might
chose
him
sich
a
wyf
the
wer
no
shrew
.
〈…〉
with
gret
study
&
delyberacō
det̄minid
&
shewd
this
man
the
thes
〈…〉
pointes
wherbi
he
shuld
sure
know
if
a
woman
were
a
shrew
/
The
〈…〉
is
that
if
a
woman
haue
a
shri●
voyce
it
is
a
gret
token
the
she
is
a
shrew
〈…〉
point
is
the
if
a
womā●aue
a
sharp
nose
then
most
commenly
she
is
a
〈…〉
in
point
is
the
neuer
do●hmis
the
if
she
were
kerchefl
ye
may
be
sure
she
is
a
shrew
.
A
Conning
paint
ther
was
d●●ellīg
in
london
which
had
a
fayre
yong
wife
&
for
thigl
the
he
had
to
do
went
ouer
se
but
because
he
was
somwhat
Ielous
he
praid
his
wyfe
to
be
content
the
he
might
paint
a
lamb
vpon
her
bely
&
praid
her
it
might
remain
ther
til
he
cam
home
again
wherwith
she
was
content
aft
which
lamb
so
paintid
he
departid
&
sone
after
the
a
lusti
yong
merchaunt
a
bacheler
/
came
&
wo●d
his
wif
&
obteinid
her
fauor
so
that
she
was
content
he
shuld
ly
with
her
which
resortid
to
her
and
had
his
plesure
oftiml
&
on
a
time
he
toke
a
penfeil
&
to
the
lamb
he
paintid
.ii.
hornl
wening
to
the
wif
the
he
had
but
refreshid
the
old
pain●tīg
than
at
the
last
about
a
yere
after
her
husban
can
home
again
&
the
first
night
he
lay
with
his
wyfe
lokid
vppon
his
wifl
bely
●
saw
the
.ii.
hornes
paintid
there
he
said
to
his
wif
that
some
other
body
had
be
be●yther
&
made
a
new
painting
for
the
picture
the
he
paintid
had
no
hornes
&
this
hath
hornes
to
whome
this
wif
shortly
〈…〉
of
a.
¶
mery
〈…〉
the
sygne
of
〈…〉
gate
next
.
Iohannes
.
Rastell
¶
Cum
priuilegio
,
Regali
.